Prit's East Coast, Tivian.
In Tivian during the daytime, within a considerably large public library located somewhere in the East District, scattered citizens moved through the spacious area, browsing between rows of bookshelves to find the books they needed to read. Along the edges of the space, some citizens who had found their reading material were seated on reserved chairs, reading intently or leisurely.
By a secluded, window-side table and chair, a silver-haired girl in a white shirt, black high-waisted plain skirt, white stockings, and black Mary Jane shoes sat reading a book with a relaxed expression. Across from her sat a glamorous woman in a fitted dress and a large floral hat, with slightly curly golden long hair, who seemed more suited for a social event than a library. She was currently sipping from a wine glass filled with red wine while looking at the book on the table.
"Drinking... isn't allowed in libraries, is it?" While turning a page, Dorothy raised her head, glanced at the Adele across from her, and said casually. Adele smiled and replied.
"It's not allowed, but I've already communicated with the management here and received special permission. It's fine to have a little bit~" Adele said to Dorothy, who then returned her gaze to the book page and replied softly and casually.
"It's not a question of whether it's allowed or not. With what you want to do now, almost no one in all of Tivian is willing to stop you... I mean... this isn't a social venue, drinking feels a bit out of place, doesn't it?"
"Not a social venue? No, no, no~ For me, as long as I'm with you, little Detective, anywhere is an important social venue. So come on, come on, little Detective, you should drink some too. I specially brought your favorite juice~"
After hearing Dorothy's words, Adele said with a smile. Then, with a wave of her hand, a library staff member she had temporarily "commandeered" as a waiter approached, carrying a tray and serving Dorothy a glass of juice, along with a dessert. Seeing this, Dorothy shrugged slightly, then picked up the juice and drank it without refusing.
Dorothy and Adele usually met at restaurants or bars chosen by Adele, and often Adele would take advantage of the atmosphere to make affectionate gestures towards Dorothy. This time, Dorothy chose to meet Adele directly at the library, but she hadn't expected Adele could make it feel like a bar even here.
Shaking her head slightly, feeling a bit helpless, Dorothy took a sip of the juice in her hand, then put down her book and spoke to Adele again.
"How does it feel? After being promoted to Scarlet..."
Dorothy asked Adele this. Adele, after giving the "commandeered" waiter a few pound tip, turned back and replied to Dorothy.
"Hmm... The feeling of Scarlet... How should I put it? It's really strange. Especially right after the promotion, that feeling when the world's falseness fades away before you, and everything feels more real, I probably won't forget it for the rest of my life..." While swirling the remaining red wine in her glass, Adele recalled and continued with emotion.
"The Scarlet stage... There was a time when it was a realm even my teacher couldn't reach, and now I have. Although I got here step by step, when it was truly all finished... it still felt so dreamlike... In a sense, I've also fulfilled my teacher's long-held wish... Of course, this is thanks to your help, little Detective."
Adele said to Dorothy with emotion, and Dorothy also chuckled and spoke.
"You've helped us quite a bit too. In these matters, everyone helps each other... Right, now that you've successfully reached Scarlet, what are your plans for the next step?"
"Plans for the next step..." Listening to Dorothy's question, Adele pondered for a moment, then replied to Dorothy.
"I pursued Scarlet before as a way to fulfill my teacher's long-held wish. Now that this goal is accomplished... I don't know what to do for a while... But I estimate I'll probably still focus my main energy on unraveling the mysteries of The Path of Depravity..."
"As you know, The Path of Depravity, as one of the ""Cup"" paths, is not controlled by the Fetal Garment Cult as a whole, unlike other ""Cup"" branches. There must be a deep reason behind this, possibly related to the 'Mistress of Flowers' of yesteryear."
"Now that Placenta is seeking to control The Path of Depravity, I can't just sit by and watch. Afterwards, I'll probably take some time off from performing and go to Faloro to explore the secrets of The Path of Depravity. Since the King of Splendor was able to unearth the Mistress of Flowers' temple on Faloro's land, there must be more secrets waiting for me there. Incidentally, I'm also a descendant of the Bourbons Royal Family, and I want to explore what secrets my family has hidden."
With a hint of seriousness, Adele expressed her thoughts to Dorothy. After thinking for a moment, Dorothy also felt that if they were to confront Placenta in the future, starting with The Path of Depravity to explore the secrets of the ""Cup"" was indeed a viable path, so she couldn't help but finally speak softly.
"I see... Then I wish you good luck in the future. If you encounter particularly troublesome problems, remember to let me know. You know how."
"Of course~" Adele said, smiling, as she raised the wine glass in her hand.
After some casual chatting, Adele, who had other matters to attend to, took her things and left first. As for Dorothy, she was not in a hurry to leave immediately, but remained in the library to continue reading, enjoying the leisure time she had after the major events.
Just like that, in a relaxed manner, Dorothy finished reading several more books she had taken from the shelves earlier. Just as she looked at the setting sun outside the window and was about to get up and leave, she suddenly seemed to sense something and stopped in place, sitting back down in her chair.
After settling down, Dorothy reached out and took her magic box from her person. Then, from the magic box, she took out """wen hai hang zhi""" and placed it steadily on the table. After flipping through it, she turned to a contact page with new information, which was exactly Atcherly's contact page.
'Oh, could it be that our little Saint has made some progress?'
Seeing that the person contacting her was Atcherly, Dorothy couldn't help but think this to herself, and immediately began to carefully examine Atcherly's handwriting. She saw that she had written the name of her colleague right at the beginning.
"I have begun secretly investigating Klama. I infiltrated the Court of Tribunal and the Canon Court and started reviewing documents related to Klama. So far, I have not found any evidence of collusion with otherworld."
Atcherly's words were written before Dorothy's eyes like this. At the Cardinal Council not long ago, all Cardinals except Amanda conducted a public trial of Vanya. In the end, only Klama, as the Cardinal Judge, insisted on convicting Vanya, and his attitude was very firm, even to the point of being somewhat fanatical.
Klama's recent extreme and irrational behavior had been noticed by his colleagues. As the Cardinal Judge of the Church, his disregard for the overall situation and his madness had begun to somewhat violate his duties. This anomaly aroused suspicion among other Cardinals towards Klama, especially Atcherly, the Cardinal of the Bureau of Secrets, who had investigative functions.
Previously, Dorothy also thought that Klama was just a madman whose head had been turned by the desire for power, but after the trial ended and Vanya's conversation with Amanda, Dorothy began to feel that things were probably not that simple. Judging from Amanda's reaction, Dorothy believed that Klama might be hiding some secret that was not beneficial to the Shining Light Church, and he might be far more than just someone with an extremely high desire for power.
After having this thought, Dorothy directly contacted Atcherly to discuss it with her. Unexpectedly, Atcherly at that time also had a similar idea to Dorothy, so after communicating with each other, the two immediately hit it off and decided to launch a secret investigation into Klama.
"As far as I know, Klama's connections with otherworld are extremely covert and indirect. He himself should not have direct contact with people from otherworld. He instructs the Archbishop loyal to his faction to do similar things, and the methods are also very cautious..."
Dorothy wrote this response to Atcherly on the page of """wen hai hang zhi""", her judgment based on her confrontation with Placenta in Faloro. At that time, the Faralo Grand Archbishop had collaborated with Placenta in a very indirect, tacit manner to plan the assassination.
"You're talking about the Faralo Grand Archbishop, aren't you... I've sent people to secretly investigate him and a few other suspicious Archbishop from the Judge system. I hope to find some clues. If we can't find a breakthrough with Klama himself, we can only rely on them."
Atcherly quickly wrote back to Dorothy. Dorothy nodded slightly after reading the new handwriting that appeared before her, then continued to write.
"Hmm... Klama is always a Cardinal Saint. If he really wants to hide a secret, even you might find it difficult to uncover. Starting with his subordinates should be a better channel..."
Dorothy wrote this on the page. As she wrote, her expression couldn't help but become serious, and then she changed her mind and continued to write a question on the page.
"By the way, where did your initial investigation into Klama mainly focus? Can you tell me?" Dorothy continued to write to Atcherly like this, and not long after, Atcherly immediately replied.
"His interrogation records... drafted decrees... reviewed documents... travel itineraries... many, many things. I've checked almost all written materials related to Klama that have been generated through him in the Church recently. You don't need to worry about anything being missed." Atcherly wrote to Dorothy like this, clearly feeling that Dorothy's previous words contained a hint of doubt about her ability to review, so her response was not very pleasant.
"Then among these documents... did you really not find any suspicious places at all?" Dorothy continued to write to Atcherly like this, and in Atcherly's following response, her tone was clearly unfriendly.
"Are you doubting my professional ability?"
Obviously, as the Cardinal of the Bureau of Secrets, one of the Seven Saints, Atcherly was clearly displeased at being questioned by Dorothy in such a way about her intelligence analysis capabilities. Dorothy paused slightly after reading Atcherly's response, and after pondering for a moment, she continued to write on the page.
"Then... where was Klama and what was he doing in March of last year? Do you know?"
"March 1360, from the 1st to the 26th, he was at Holy Mountain handling Court of Tribunal official duties, mainly reviewing the judgment reports of lower Judge. On the 26th, he went to Absolution Keep Prison in Norton to interrogate an important prisoner, and until the 28th, he went to Faloro Flotz to conduct verification work..."
Atcherly clearly wrote back to Dorothy the content she had memorized from reviewing Klama's file. Dorothy pondered for a moment after reading it, then continued to write.
"Then, where was Klama in April?"
"April 1360, Klama mainly conducted verification and inspection work for lower Judge in several cities in Faloro and Friesland, and personally intervened and participated in several relatively important otherworld cases. He returned to Holy Mountain at the end of the month. Those cases were..."
Atcherly continued to answer Dorothy's questions seriously, a very clear general situation report being written and appearing before Dorothy's eyes. Dorothy carefully looked at it and indeed found no problems, but she did not give up. Instead, she thought for a moment, then continued to write and ask.
"Where was Klama on April 1st last year?"
"In Flotz, conducting inspection..."
"Then on April 2nd?"
"Still in Flotz, same work."
"The 3rd?"
"Went to Friesland, first arrived in Upper Morid, investigating otherworld in the otherworld investigation office."
"The 4th?"
"Still in Upper Morid, continuing the previous case."
Just like this, Dorothy stared directly at the calendar, asking Atcherly day by day, starting from April 1st of last year. Atcherly also patiently answered Dorothy day by day.
Atcherly felt very annoyed and even a little angry at Dorothy's inexplicable way of asking questions. This way of asking was like an adult teaching a child, asking one by one if all the things on the child are there, if anything is missing. This would be somewhat impolite even to an ordinary person, let alone to her, a Saint of the Church.
However, due to Dorothy's current status as the Saintess's designated divine messenger, Atcherly, as a believer of the Saintess, was unhappy in her heart but did not say it directly. She just patiently continued to cooperate with Dorothy, preparing to see what kind of trick she wanted to play next.
Not long after, Atcherie discovered the "trick" had arrived, but what she didn't expect was that the "trick" was played on her.
"April 16th, where was Klama and what was he doing?"
"April 16, 1360, Klama was still in Friesland. He left Lower Morid today and went to... Hmm?"
...
Holy Mountain, deep within the Bureau of Secrets, in a dimly lit, not-so-large office, a black-haired girl wearing a form-fitting casual dress was frowning at the characters on the pages of the book on her desk, a hint of confusion appearing on her face.
"April 16th... Where was Klama?" Looking at Dorothy's question on the page, Atcherie couldn't help but chew on the tip of her pen while frowning in thought, her whole being in deep contemplation, but after thinking for a long time, she couldn't come up with anything.
How could she not remember the content of the document she had just read? This isn't right?
"Just a moment..."
After failing to recall anything, Atcherie quickly wrote a sentence on the "book-sea navigation record" communication text in front of her, then quickly stood up and walked to the other side of the office, where there was another desk piled high with various books and documents.
After searching through the thick pile of texts for a while, Atcherie finally found something and took it out.
This was a document bag containing information about Klama's itinerary last year. Since it was from last year, it had already been archived in the Court of Tribunal. Atcherie took it directly from the Court of Tribunal and brought it back to her Bureau of Secrets for analysis and viewing.
After examining the document bag, Atcherie took it back to her desk. After opening it, she took out the document she had read before and began to read it carefully again, focusing on finding Klama's itinerary on April 16th.
Then, the result directly startled her.
"This... This is..."
Sitting at her desk, Atcherie's eyes widened as she looked at a certain spot in the document before her. On the paper filled with letters, there was a blank line, a blank line that shouldn't have been there.
Above this blank line were the words recording Klama's itinerary for April 15th, and below the blank line were the words for Klama's itinerary for April 18th.
On this page of the document, Klama's entire April 1360 itinerary was recorded, except for April 16th and 17th.
The itinerary for these two days simply didn't exist in this document! It was left blank in a very straightforward manner!
With a solemn expression, Atcherie looked at the document before her, and then the edges of her pupils glowed orange. Atcherie tried to use her "Light" vision to see through the extraordinary traces on the document, but after staring at the document for several seconds, she couldn't see anything unusual.
Seeing this, the solemnity in Atcherie's eyes deepened. She then silently picked up the document and went to the tool room to find many other auxiliary tools, but she still couldn't see any extraordinary abnormalities on the document. It seemed to be just an ordinary document paper.
"..."
Silently, Atcherie stood up again and went to the desk piled with various documents, where she began to carefully and meticulously review them. As one of the Church's Seven Saints, the Judge, there wouldn't be just one official document directly or indirectly recording Klama's itinerary. What Atcherie was doing now was looking for other documents to verify.
Indeed, after flipping through a few times, Atcherie found some other documents that indirectly recorded Klama's April itinerary from these files. She stood there, took the documents directly out of the file bag, and carefully read them. The result, however, left her frozen in place.
Blank... Blank... Still blank, the familiar blank appeared in the documents Atcherie held at this moment. Wherever Klama's itinerary for April 16, 1360 was recorded, it was all blank, not just a blank line... but a blank section, a very abrupt blank appearing in a complete document report.
"Heh... This is truly...
"Terrifying..."
Looking at the several blanks on the document in her hand, Atcherie couldn't help but feel a chill down her spine, and her hand involuntarily touched her forehead. At this moment, her heart was filled with extreme shock.
Why? Why are all the document records related to Klama at this time point like this? All these blanks?! Did the person who wrote the document forget? But the sections before and after these documents are complete, and this missing section was deliberately left blank. It's unlikely they forgot! So they did it intentionally? But what was the reason for doing it intentionally? Even if they did it intentionally, why didn't the person who reviewed the documents find anything unusual at the time?
The most terrifying thing wasn't that the person who reviewed the documents didn't find anything unusual... The most terrifying thing was that the people in the Bureau of Secrets, including Atcherie herself as the Saint Judge, didn't find any problems when they reviewed these documents not long ago.
At this moment, Atcherie felt a pang in her heart. The blanks on these documents in her hand were so obvious, so openly displayed on the paper, placed between the normal lines above and below, so discordant and abrupt. When she looked at them before, she hadn't noticed anything wrong at all, until Dorothy reminded her and she specifically looked, only then did she discover the problem.
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Klama's itinerary on April 16th and 17th, 1360, seemed to be like this blank itself, not existing in Atcherie's mind, nor in this text... Such a thing, even Atcherie, who had experienced countless extraordinary major cases, had never seen before.
"Hoo..."
After taking a deep breath, Atcherie quickly walked to her desk with the document that had blanks in her hand, sat back down at her desk, and after thinking for a while, she directly picked up her pen and wrote down all the situations she had just encountered on the "book-sea navigation record" contact text.
...
Prit East Coast, Tivian.
At dusk, in a library in East Tivian, silver-haired Dorothy was sitting behind her desk by the window, admiring the gradually setting sun on the distant horizon while waiting for a reply from her distant "pen pal."
Finally, after a few minutes, Dorothy sensed the Spirituality reaction on the "book-sea navigation record" again. When she refocused her gaze on the pages of the "book-sea navigation record," she saw that after the words "Just a moment," more of Atcherie's handwriting quickly appeared.
Atcherie's new reply had a lot of words, written line by line downwards. Dorothy read Atcherie's words and learned about her recent experience, and couldn't help but frown slightly.
"Could such a situation... exist?"
After reading Atcherie's reply, Dorothy couldn't help but murmur softly in confusion. Although she had foreseen that Klama's itinerary on a certain day in April might have a problem, she didn't expect the problem to be this big.
"Have you checked those documents?"
After reading Atcherie's reply, Dorothy picked up her pen and wrote a response on the page, and soon after, Atcherie's reply appeared on the paper.
"I have used all the inspection methods available on site. As for those documents, no abnormalities can be found. For further inspection, they can only be sent to the Court of Tribunal for more professional equipment... But I feel it won't be very effective, and nothing will likely be found. The root of the problem is definitely not in the documents, after all, even my own thoughts were affected..."
Atcherie replied to Dorothy in this way. After a slight pause, her next words were immediately written out.
"It seems that Klama's problem is much bigger than I previously anticipated. I know why you specifically chose April to ask me in detail. I myself have carefully studied her whereabouts that month before... But I just didn't find any problems. I didn't expect there to be such an extraordinary power covering up the entire problem..."
Atcherie's handwriting continued to appear line by line before Dorothy's eyes. What she said about having carefully studied Klama's itinerary in April of last year was not an afterthought. Both she and Dorothy knew the special nature of that month, so they naturally focused on investigating and researching it.
April 1360... was when the Pope of the Shining Light Church ascended to heaven again... That existence, the most central figure of the entire Church, left the mortal world at that time and has not yet returned...
Dorothy also linked to Vanya's senses through the information channel during the Cardinal Council's interrogation of Vanya, not only watching the entire trial process, but also watching the conversation between Vanya and Amanda afterwards.
In this conversation, Vanya asked Amanda about Klama, and Amanda clearly stated that the current Klama seemed to have some changes compared to what she had known before. After hearing Amanda's statement, Dorothy directly instructed Vanya to ask Amanda when Klama's changes began, and Amanda showed a slight abnormality, completely unable to remember the relevant matters.
After seeing Amanda's performance, Dorothy began to suspect whether Klama had been influenced by something similar to cult corruption, which is why he had become like this today. And for a cult that could influence a Golden Cardinal, what timing would be suitable for such an operation? Naturally, it would be after the Pope left...
In the descriptions of the Cardinals, the Pope, as the only representative of the Three Saints and the Save the World in the mortal world, was an immeasurably powerful existence, even hailed as... an existence whose own power was sufficient to suppress evil gods, and the foundation of the entire Shining Light Church's existence.
It was absolutely impossible to act under the nose of such an almost divine existence. It is said that the Pope's gaze could see through anyone's thoughts, and nothing in anyone's heart could escape his eyes, and no conspiracy could unfold around him.
Once Klama was influenced, it would likely be impossible to escape the Pope's detection. The plan and conspiracy could only be realized after the Pope ascended to heaven. Therefore, Dorothy also focused on the time period before and after the Pope's ascension. Atcherie also understood the significance of Dorothy choosing this time.
Now, the abnormality in Klama was indeed found during this time period, but the way the abnormality manifested was completely beyond Dorothy's expectation.
'Not only is it impossible to detect it oneself, but even the records on the documents are blank...' Touching her chin, Dorothy thought to herself. Regarding the abnormality found by Atcherie, many thoughts constantly surged in her mind. After sitting in her seat and contemplating for a moment, Dorothy, deep in thought, quickly picked up her pen again.
"You wait a moment too, I'll go check some things."
After writing this on the "book-sea navigation record," Dorothy silently stood up from her seat and quickly walked to the rows and rows of large bookshelves in the library. After walking among the bookshelves for a while, she finally found the corresponding area, and then began searching on the bookshelves in this area. After a short while, she found the book she was looking for.
"Friesland Geography"
Dorothy looked at the cover of the book in her hand for a moment, then opened it and turned to the index section, the list of important place names, and then looked down place by place. And in the first half of the list, she saw a blank line.
Above and below this blank line were important large cities within Friesland. This blank spot should also have the corresponding place written, but in Dorothy's eyes, there was nothing...
After staring at the blank in front of her for a while, Dorothy opened the geography book in her hand and turned to the main text section where the blank part in the index should be. And after she turned to that point, what Dorothy saw was again blank.
Not a line, but dozens of consecutive pages, large areas of completely blank pages... In these dozens of pages, only the page borders and page numbers still decorated the pages, all the text was completely gone.
Looking at the large consecutive blank pages in the "Friesland Geography" in her hand, Dorothy couldn't help but take a deep breath. Then she began to continue turning to other parts of the book. After seeing that the place names in other parts of the index all had their corresponding main text, and the words were densely written, her expression became even more serious.
After that, Dorothy began searching the library for other documents about Frisland, including travel logs... history and culture... train introductions, etc. Dorothy quickly skimmed through these books one by one, finding that many places were missing something, more or less. These places should have mentioned a place name, but this place name and all related introductions were blank in these books.
In Frisland... there was a place that disappeared, at least it disappeared from people's memories and all texts, and no one noticed...
This was the conclusion Dorothy drew now. After reaching this conclusion, she, who had sat down again in a seat, couldn't help but rub her temples.
"The place that disappeared... in books and words?"
After whispering, Dorothy put down her hand, and then began to carefully consider the current problem with a solemn expression. She originally wanted to find clues about Klama's disappearance by checking the geographical situation of Frisland, but she didn't expect to find a bigger anomaly.
'The place Klama went to in April last year didn't just disappear from the Church's documents, I'm afraid it disappeared from all textual records... As a Cardinal Archbishop, Klama wouldn't go to a small place. The place he went to on April 16th should be quite famous... quite large, but a place like that just disappeared...'
Dorothy thought to herself, it wouldn't matter if this place only disappeared in texts, the key is that everyone seems to have forgotten the existence of this place, and not even one person noticed the blank anomaly appearing in the texts. If it weren't for Dorothy's reminder, including Atcherly, everyone seemed unable to notice the problem.
'Atcherly directly overlooked those blanks when checking the documents. Amanda also only realized that she couldn't remember when she felt Klama was problematic after I asked Vanya to remind her. Such a large pile of books with obvious blanks has been in the library for so long and no one has paid attention...'
'All these things can prove that some power is hiding... no, or rather, has made people erase the traces of a certain place in Frisland... This erasure makes everyone, including the Church's Saints, unable to see anything strange... except for me...'
While analyzing in her heart, Dorothy looked at her hand. Obviously, in this incident, she seemed to be another exception. The date Atcherly overlooked was reminded by herself... He also only discovered so many blanks in the documents after being reminded by herself. As for the blank parts in the Frisland documents in the library, Dorothy herself saw them at a glance without being reminded by others.
"Interesting..."
Dorothy whispered as such, then after looking at the pile of books placed on the desk in front of her again, she started working, rubbing her shoulders, picking up these books one by one and quickly flipping through them.
What Dorothy was doing now was confirming the location of that seemingly forgotten area. Although everyone seemed to have forgotten that place now, and there was no exact record in any text, this did not mean there was no way to figure out its location.
In many books about Frisland, this disappeared place was mentioned in the introductions to other places. Although the place name disappeared, the related content before and after it was still there. For example, when introducing the location of a place, if it appears... located to the east of the place, it can be determined that the disappeared place is to the east of the place being introduced. In addition, the order of introductions to places in many books is arranged according to geographical location, and places that are close to each other are arranged together. Dorothy can infer the location of the disappeared place based on other places.
What's more important is that in this library, there is a railway map of the entire Main Continent with a detailed station list. Based on previous judgment, the disappeared place is probably a city of considerable size, and it is highly likely to have a railway. In that case, one only needs to find the vacant position in the directory of the Frisland area station list, see which two railway stations are before and after the vacant position, find those two stations on the railway map, and the area in between is very likely the approximate location of the disappeared city.
Finally, through various checking operations, Dorothy, after combining various sources of information, finally roughly locked down the approximate location of the disappeared city. Frisland is located on the north coast of the Main Continent, and the mysterious disappeared area is somewhere in the northern coastal area of Frisland, which is the information Dorothy was able to obtain.
"The north coast of Frisland..."
Looking at the location she had just inferred on the world map placed on her desk, Dorothy couldn't help but fall into thought. At the location where her gaze was focused, there was no place name.
'What kind of secret is hidden here?'
Dorothy thought so in her heart, and then continued to flip through the books on the desk, trying to pinpoint the coordinates of that area more accurately. However, just after Dorothy looked through the last few documents, she couldn't help but be startled.
"This is..."
What Dorothy was looking at now was a map, a map drawn on coarse cloth, with tattered edges, unclear content, severely discolored overall, and looking very old.
This map was taken by Dorothy from the precious ancient book section earlier. It is one of the ancient books treasured by this library, and it seems to have been drawn and used by the North Sea pirates of the Main Continent in the past, dating back hundreds of years. It depicts the North Sea coast of the Main Continent and many islands including Prit, among which is the Frisland area, so Dorothy brought it. It is said that this map was left by the North Sea pirates when they invaded Prit in ancient times.
On this very old map, near the extremely non-standard drawn northern coastline of the Main Continent, at the approximate location where Dorothy had previously estimated the disappeared city might exist, there was clearly a place name marked, a place name that Dorothy could not find no matter how she searched in modern maps.
Dorothy narrowed her eyes, and after clearly distinguishing the place name on the blurry map, she spelled it out.
"Stinam..."
Looking at the place name on the old map in front of her, Dorothy couldn't help but furrow her brows slightly. Dorothy could find the corresponding locations for other place names in the Frisland area on this old map in the modern maps she had seen before, but this place had no corresponding point. In addition, the location of Stinam almost perfectly matched the location Dorothy had previously inferred and estimated, which made Dorothy think... this location couldn't be that disappeared city, could it? Could this disappeared city be called Stinam?
But... why didn't other maps show this location, only this ancient map did? Could it be that this ancient map has some special extraordinary ability, and like herself, is unaffected by that powerful invisible force?
After realizing this possibility, Dorothy immediately began taking out various tools from her magic box and started conducting an extraordinary inspection of the ancient map in front of her. However, after checking twice, she did not find any traces of the extraordinary within it.
This seemed to be just an ordinary old map!
'It looks like there's nothing strange about it at all... Is it because my tools aren't professional enough... Should I send it to Atcherly later and let her take a look?'
While examining the old map in front of her, Dorothy thought this in her heart. As she was thinking, another possibility couldn't help but emerge in her mind.
'Or perhaps... the reason this map can display Stinam is not because it has any extraordinary special features, but because of other qualities...'
'For example... it's very old?'
Looking at this antique map of unknown age, Dorothy couldn't help but fall into deep thought for a moment...
...
"All documents cannot display it... a place ignored and forgotten by everyone... Can there still be such a place in this world?"
Holy Mountain Bureau of Secrets, Atcherly was still sitting in her office, looking at the results of Dorothy's investigation that she had just written and sent over in the """wen hai hang zhi""" contact book on her desk. Her expression couldn't help but become more solemn than before.
Before, Atcherly thought that the strange power might be specifically targeting Church people and documents, but now it seems to be far more than that. If similar problems also appeared with ordinary people and secular books on the Tivian side... then what is affected might be the whole world...
If the cognition of the whole world has problems... then the severity of this incident will probably have to be raised much higher...
"Also... the name Stinam..."
While thinking, a hint of confusion appeared on Atcherly's face. In the information Dorothy had just written over, she mentioned the ancient map and the name Stinam. However, after hearing this name, Atcherly suddenly felt a sense of familiarity.
'Strange... I think I've heard the name Stinam... and I heard it recently, when was it?'
Stroking her forehead, Atcherly tried hard to search in her memory. After a period of contemplation, she seemed to finally track down a faint trace of this name in her mind.
Following this trace, Atcherly stood up and slowly walked to one side of her office. After opening a locked bookshelf and searching for a while, she took out a ring inlaid with a yellow gem. After Atcherly decrypted it and injected Spirituality, the yellow gem on the ring immediately projected a picture, like a projector, onto the flat wall of the office.
In this entire picture, it was divided into countless small pictures. In each small picture, something seemed to be depicted. Upon closer inspection, they were items of different styles and characteristics, ranging from eerie evil god statues to ordinary clothing. Below these items were lines of annotations indicating their origin.
These were the various valuable physical evidence involved in cases that Atcherly, as the Bureau of Secrets Cardinal, had personally experienced. This ring was an extraordinary item specifically used by Atcherly to store information about these physical evidence.
After scanning through the many pieces of information in front of her, Atcherly focused her gaze on one of the physical evidence images and enlarged it. She saw a blurry crystal that seemed to have many shattered cracks. Below the image was the following annotation.
"High-Level Protection Observation Instrument Inner Lens Crystal, from the Holy Steel ship, 'Twilight Devout Shadow', taken from the damaged observation instrument after the Tivian divine disaster. For some unknown reason, it has the characters '' written on it."
Looking at the crystal with only cracks on the screen and the blank area in the annotation, Atcherly couldn't help but fall silent for a moment. Then she quietly walked to the side, opened a cabinet, took out an iron box from inside, placed it on the desk, and gently opened the lid of the iron box.
In that box, a crystal lens exactly like the one in the image on the wall appeared before Atcherly's eyes. On the crystal lens filled with cracks, Atcherly could clearly see a few slanted and distorted letters. After spelling them out, it was.
"Go to Stinam quickly!!"
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To the west of the Main Continent, on the other side of the vast Starfall Sea, on the ancient continent named Starfall Continent.
In broad daylight, at the prosperous Tupa Tribe settlement in the vast wilderness, in front of the Shaman's great tent on the high ground in the center of the tribal camp, the Tupa Tribe Shaman Uta, dressed in ornate clothes and wearing an eagle feather crown, was sitting here, overlooking the increasingly prosperous tribe below.
While smoking his pipe, and watching his disciples teaching new knowledge from the other continent to the tribesmen, a hint of relief occasionally appeared on Uta's face. Just at this moment, an eagle's cry came from the sky. Upon hearing it, Uta's expression couldn't help but become serious as he looked up at the sky, seeing a male eagle circling and descending towards him.
Looking at the male eagle, Uta's eyes immediately became extremely solemn. And after the male eagle descended to a certain height, it actually spoke directly to Uta.
"I have received a sensation, the most noble sleeping spirits have reacted, the Great Wilderness Sacrifice needs to be held urgently... I am issuing a summons again..."