"Phew... Anyway, I finally got one. The mission is one-sixth complete..."
Dorothy let out a long sigh and said, then she held the holy emblem of the Radiant Savior in her palm, examining it carefully. After a while, she thought to herself.
'The holy emblem of the Radiant Savior... This should be the easiest one to obtain among the six pure-colored gods' holy emblems. After all, the Shining Light Church is the only publicly preaching official faith now. Although the faith in the Radiant Savior seems deserted due under the Three Saints' exclusion, it's not non-existent, so His holy emblem can be obtained by spending money. But for the others, it probably can't be solved by just spending money...'
Thinking this, Dorothy's expression became serious after pondering for a moment, and she then murmured.
"No... Perhaps there's another holy emblem that can be obtained by spending money."
After speaking, Dorothy put the holy emblem, which she bought for nine hundred pound, into the magic box. Then, manipulating her Corpse Puppet coachman, she drove the carriage from the roadside, heading forward. She was going back to the Tivian North Suburb now.
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Tivian North Suburb, east of King's Campus, Green Shade Town.
In front of the door of Green Shade Town No. 37, Dorothy, who had just gotten off the carriage wearing a small suit, stood at the door, skillfully ringing the doorbell of the old house. After waiting for a while, the door opened, and Beverly, wearing casual clothes with a lazy expression, appeared at the doorway. Upon seeing Dorothy, she raised her eyebrows slightly and spoke.
"Oh, the busy person is here. Are you sending a letter this time? Or talking business?"
"I'm asking about something. If I get the information, we might talk business. Anyway, let's go inside and talk slowly."
Saying this, Dorothy walked directly into the house and skillfully sat down on the sofa in the living room. After looking around, she found that everything in the room was normal this time, with no strange parts or machines. It seemed Beverly wasn't tinkering with anything today.
Beverly followed Dorothy into the living room. She didn't sit down immediately. Instead, she used the recently invented automatic coffee machine on a nearby table to make a cup of coffee for Dorothy and brought it to her. Only then did she sit down in her own seat. After taking the coffee and drinking a sip, Dorothy savored the taste of the coffee and nodded in response.
"This coffee is really well-made. If your automatic coffee machine can make coffee to this level, you could make a lot of money if you promote it to the public."
"If only I could promote it. This technology contains parts of Spirit Sight, so it's impossible to give it to the public. I can only make it and use it myself~"
Beverly responded lightly to Dorothy, and her words confirmed Dorothy's previous conjecture, which was that the Extraordinary of the White Stone Craftsmen's Guild should possess many technologies beyond this era, but due to Spirit Sight, they could only use them themselves and couldn't promote them to transform society.
After drinking another sip of coffee, Dorothy placed the coffee cup on the table and then asked Beverly.
"I came here today to ask you for some information about the gods in the'Stone' domain. You should know who the pure-colored god in the'Stone' domain is, right?"
Dorothy spoke solemnly to Beverly, who was slightly stunned after hearing this, and then raised her eyebrows slightly and said.
"Oh, you even know the concept of pure-colored gods now. Your research in mysticism has made significant progress recently. And now you suddenly come to ask me about this, you must be using it for some research or ritual."
With an interested look in her eyes, Beverly said to Dorothy, and Dorothy responded directly.
"More or less. Anyway, just tell me if you know about this. The pure-colored god in the'Stone' domain wouldn't be the order construct core, would it?"
Dorothy asked tentatively, and Beverly waved her hand in response.
"Of course not. The domain of the order construct core is primarily'Stone' with secondary 'Light'. Its essence lies in the smelting and forging of'Stone', it is shaping and remaking, it is continuous forward innovation and change. The essence of pure-colored'Stone' is much more primitive. Pure'Stone' symbolizes stable and simple mountains and earth, it is unmined precious mineral deposits. Compared to the order construct core, pure-colored'Stone' is relatively stubborn and unchanging."
Beverly explained to Dorothy, and after a slight pause, she spoke with a serious expression.
"According to our Craftsmen's Guild's research, although the faith in the pure'Stone' domain no longer exists now, there was a faith that worshiped the god of Stone a long time ago. In this faith, this god of Stone was called the'Stone Prince', or the Lord of Mountains, the Son of the Earth."
"Stone Prince..." Listening to Beverly's words, Dorothy frowned slightly. After thinking for a moment, she continued to speak.
"When exactly was this Stone Prince faith you mentioned active? Listening to you, this faith has disappeared now?"
"That's not very clear. According to some colleagues in the Craftsmen's Guild, the traces of the Stone Prince's faith are quite few even in hidden history. We only know that this faith is very ancient, at least from the Second Epoch, and it was still present in the Third Epoch, but now it has completely disappeared without a trace."
"In this era, for our White Stone Craftsmen's Guild and even the entire hidden world's'Stone' Extraordinary societies, the order construct core... or rather, the God of Steam and Machinery, is the primary faith. Besides that, there seems to be something called the Secret Merchant Society, which gathers a bunch of pure merchants and believes in something called 'dark gold', a god that can bring wealth."
Spreading her hands, Beverly explained to Dorothy. In her words, Dorothy discovered that the pure-colored god faith called the Stone Prince seemed to have completely disappeared, just like the Fertility Goddess.
Although she didn't know the specific relationship between the Cup Mother and the Fertility Goddess, if it was a relationship of inheritance. It seemed this Stone Prince was even more ruthless, with no remnants of faith left at all.
Listening to Beverly, it seems that in the current "Stone" domain, the number of existing gods is not as many as in "Light" and "Cup". She wondered if Beverly only knew about these, or if there were only these. If there were only these, wouldn't it mean that on the branch paths of the "Stone" path, there were a large number of empty divine positions?
After listening to Beverly's narration, Dorothy did not immediately respond but thought to herself. Beverly also did not rush to ask but sat in place with her legs crossed, smiling at Dorothy.
"Stone Prince? Hiss... I feel this name is a bit strange. He is clearly a god, but is given the title of Prince. In my opinion, since'Stone' and 'Cup' are two corresponding types of Spirituality, then since the pure-colored god of 'Cup' is the Cup Mother, the'Stone' side should be called the Stone Father, right? Why would a title like Stone Prince suddenly appear?"
Touching her chin, Dorothy murmured her question to Beverly, and the other party waved her hand slightly and said.
"That's not very clear. The title Stone Prince was the name people in the former Stone Church used for their god. We are just using this title now, but why they called their god the Stone Prince instead of the Stone Father, that might only be known after researching deeper into hidden history."
Beverly slowly replied, then she scrutinized Dorothy again before continuing.
"Speaking of which, you suddenly asking me about this kind of thing, it shouldn't just be about wanting to know a divine name, right?"
"Of course, to be honest, I've been doing some research on hidden history recently, and it involves this aspect. For the research, what I need is not just the Stone Prince's honorable name, but also his holy emblem. Can you help me get one?"
Dorothy continued to ask Beverly. According to what she said before, the White Stone Craftsmen's Guild is currently researching the Stone Prince's faith, so it should be possible for them to have a holy emblem. As expected, Beverly scratched her head after hearing Dorothy's words and replied.
"The Stone Prince's holy emblem... those old guys who are doing research in this area should have this stuff. If you need it, I can help you contact them and ask for one for you."
"Ask for one for me, really!?" Hearing Beverly's words, Dorothy's eyes lit up and she said, while Beverly nodded seriously in response.
"Of course it's real. What's our relationship? How could I not help with this little favor? But..." Looking at Dorothy, Beverly, who was sitting far away, extended her hand. Her entire wrist split open, and with a series of mechanical sounds, the mechanical structure inside was revealed and slowly extended. After extending several meters, her entire right hand finally reached in front of Dorothy.
"Although holy emblems are generally not worth much, the Stone Prince's holy emblem is still an antique from the last era, and it still has some collection value. Even for me, I can't get it without some money. How about this, my labor fee plus the holy emblem fee, a total of 1200 pounds?"
Saying that, Beverly's mechanical hand, which had extended several meters to Dorothy, beckoned to Dorothy. Dorothy's face sank when she saw the scene before her.
'I knew it...'
Dorothy said this in her heart. Although she had expected it, seeing Beverly's action of asking for money made her feel a strange sensation.
With a slumped face, Dorothy took out a pile of banknotes from her wallet and placed them on the hand in front of her. Beverly's hand immediately retracted after grabbing the money. After a while, her entire hand had shrunk back to its normal length, and the mechanical structure was hidden again.
"Alright~ I'll contact them and get a Stone Prince's holy emblem for you. It should arrive in a few days. I'll mail it to your house then."
Beverly said while counting the money. Hearing Beverly's words, Dorothy continued.
"There's one more thing, do you know where Aldrich is now? If possible, if possible, I'd like to contact him."
Dorothy said this. Aldrich is a Scarlet Tier, an Extraordinary assisting in 'Qi'. Dorothy thought that perhaps she could get information about the pure-colored main god of 'Qi' from his side, so she asked Beverly this way. The other party put the counted money back in her pocket and replied.
"That old man, he said he found a clue to restore his strength a while ago, but he has to go to a relatively dangerous place for an adventure. The means of communication we originally used are difficult to work in that place, so I can't contact him now."
"Can't contact him... Hmm..."
Hearing Beverly's answer, Dorothy couldn't help but frown slightly. Without Aldrich, she could only hope that Adele could get more information about Dalena.
After that, Dorothy continued to talk with Beverly for a couple of sentences. During this time, she vaguely asked Beverly if she knew about pure-colored gods in other domains, and her answer was this.
"Other pure-colored gods... Hiss, I'm not doing research in this area either, so I don't know much. Besides the Stone Prince, right now, I probably only know the Cup Mother and the Radiant Savior, after all, these two faiths are marginalized within their own systems... but they are not completely un-worshipped like the Stone Prince.
"Oh right... If I remember correctly, the Netherworld Coffin Society on the'Silence' side worships a god named the 'King of the Underworld'. I heard that this 'King of the Underworld' is similar to the Cup Mother in the Fetal Garment Cult within the Netherworld Coffin Society, so if you're looking for a pure-colored god, he might be one. You can start by looking for information about him from the Netherworld Coffin Society.
"As for'Shadow' and 'Qi'... I know almost nothing about these, so you'll have to find a way yourself~"
Beverly said this. When she mentioned "Qi" just now, she gave Dorothy a meaningful look, which made Dorothy feel that the clockwork person in front of her should know the details of her 'Qi' Extraordinary identity.
'King of the Underworld? Is this the pure-colored god of'Silence'? I thought it was the great soul from the New World? Is it not... Also, that old man Aldrich should have told Beverly about me. Some of the information she just told me contains Spirit Sight. She said it without even reminding me, she should know that my resistance to Spirit Sight is very high.'
Dorothy thought this in her heart. After that, she chatted with Beverly casually for a couple of sentences. After not getting any other valuable information, she finally got up and said goodbye.
After walking out of Beverly's house, Dorothy looked at the sky and let out a long sigh of relief.
'Anyway, after two days of trouble... I've got two holy emblems now... 'Light' and'Stone', these should be the easiest holy emblems and honorable names for me to get...'
Walking on the streets of Green Shade Town, Dorothy looked at the sky and thought in her heart. "Light" is because the Shining Light Church itself is the official universal Church, and anyone can get a holy emblem, while "Stone" is because she has a close relationship with the White Stone Craftsmen's Guild. But even so, getting these two holy emblems cost Dorothy a huge sum of 2100 pounds.
As she walked, Dorothy took out her wallet. It was bulging when she left in the morning, but it was already ridiculously flat when she went home today.
She opened her wallet and touched the only two fifty-pound banknotes left inside. Dorothy couldn't help but feel a pang of pain in her heart.
Her original property was 4450 pounds, but now after this wave, only 2350 pounds are left. Just for two holy emblems, half of the money is gone. If the subsequent holy emblems also cost so much, she can't afford it at all!
"Although a problem that can be solved with money is not a problem, in the absence of money, it is a big problem..."
Touching the only two banknotes left in her wallet, Dorothy sighed and muttered. Fortunately, compared to Aldrich, Beverly would not charge any strange information fees, otherwise she would have to spend more today.
Now, Dorothy can only hope that she can get the subsequent holy emblems with less money.
'But... how should I get the subsequent holy emblems?'
Dorothy thought in her heart. Among the remaining four holy emblems, she already has clues for two, which are 'Cup' and'Silence'. The Fetal Garment Cult retains the worship of the Cup Mother, so she can start from them to get the Cup Mother's holy emblem. And according to what Beverly just said, among the beliefs of the Netherworld Coffin Society, there is also a King of the Underworld who has a similar status to the Cup Mother, so the Netherworld Coffin Society should have the King of the Underworld's holy emblem.
So for Dorothy, the next step is to consider how to deepen the work of cracking down on cults.