Chapter 593

According to the complete cooperation order of the Holy Knight Commander, Ellen was granted access to the case. Louise von Schwartz was also assisting Ellen in the investigation. Heinrich suggested that the cultists of the Masin religion may be involved in the case. Unlike the Holy Knights, the Masin cultists use the power of Masin's sanctity, and there are also those who possess dangerous powers. If there really was a Masin cult faction, they could have raided the underground of the Holy Knight Temple instead of the refugees, and could have killed Rowen who was chasing after them. Ludwig said that he heard from Rowen that there are cases where heretics disguise themselves as Holy Knights. If the Masin cultists disguised themselves as Holy Knights, they could have become the dominant religious force in the entire refugee camp. Ellen suggests that they should go to the cemetery of the saints to investigate. The theft of the remains from the cemetery cannot be considered the starting point of the case. Rowen was an inquisitor of the heretics of the Yellow Road and had been doing it for a long time. She must have had her own goals, but it is unknown whether it was to eliminate the Masin religion or to completely uproot the Holy Knights. The problem is the gunpowder. There are too many problems in the world, with the Masin religion spreading and the Holy Knights falling behind, as well as issues with hunger and disease. The theft of remains from the cemetery is just one of the many problems caused by the Gate incident. Ellen suggests investigating the cemetery of the saints, but there are complications with the inquisitors and the gunpowder. Ellen and her team head to the underground tomb of the saints, where they learn that the incident occurred 17 days prior and that no one saw the culprit. The entrance to the tomb is usually locked, but the priests who had the key were found to have kept it in their personal rooms, raising the possibility of theft. There are thieves who stole something that shouldn't have been stolen from a tomb that had nothing to steal. The priests in charge of the tomb were inevitably going to receive severe punishment and be suspected as well. The team suspects that someone with knowledge of the tomb's layout and security measures carried out the theft, possibly using teleportation magic. The team enters the underground tomb of the saints and discovers that the theft was actually a destruction of the tomb. Despite noise-cancelling magic, the destruction was still significant. The team must investigate further to uncover the truth behind the theft and the larger issues facing their world. "There were many ways to handle it peacefully, such as only stealing the remains and returning the tomb to its original state. If they had done that, the Saint Knights would not have known for a very long time that the remains were stolen. What is certain is that the thieves acted as if they didn't care if they were caught or not. Whether it was a mockery of the Saint Knights or confidence that they wouldn't be caught, it is unknown. Everyone looked around the scene in their own way, but there was still something they couldn't figure out. Why did they take it? What was the point of stealing the remains? If they had left it damaged and abandoned, it could have shown anger towards the Saint Knights or towards the gods. 'Anger...?' Anger towards the gods. And that anger is particularly evident towards two sects of the gods, Tu'an and Alus. There were also many Saint Knights whose remains were destroyed, but there were also intact ones. Some bodies were taken, while others were not. 'Could it be that they only took the remains of the saints who believed in Tu'an and Alus during their lifetime?' Ellen reads the part of the broken tombstone that corresponds to the date. 'No.' She looked through the names just in case, but there were not only the remains of the Saint Knights who believed in Tu'an and Alus during their lifetime, but also those of Literr, Mencius, and Shalam. 'There's no distinction.' It is possible that it is not an expression of anger, but a force that hates all of the gods. As Ellen searched through the names, she could only find one name she knew. 'This is...' Ellen could only widen her eyes when she found the name. Leberier Ranche, who was killed by Reinhardt. During the Miss Templar Contest, Reinhardt did not reveal his identity. At that time, Reinhardt fought Leberier Ranche to save Olivia Ranche. Suddenly, a memory came to Ellen's mind, and she was hit with a severe headache. 'Ugh...!' 'Ellen!' Suddenly, Heinrich, Ludwig, and the Saint Knights who were watching her rushed over when Ellen grabbed her head and sat down. 'Ugh...!' She felt like her head was being stabbed by thousands of needles. 'What's wrong? Are you okay?' 'Sir! Are you okay?' 'W-why did you suddenly...!' 'Are you okay? Come to your senses!' Not only the voices around her, but also the pressure that felt like it was overwhelming her mind, Ellen tried to breathe evenly with her eyes wide open. Because of the sudden encounter with the name and memory, it felt like her brain was being stabbed with a needle. The existence of 'it' within her soul, which always tried to devour her, was pressing on Ellen's mind. The waves of her soul, which had been quiet because she was focused on other things, were now raging. She had faced too many things today, including the Demon King and the Gate incident, and tried to forget them." Therefore, the surge of her soul, which had barely been quiet, tries to overwhelm Ellen. "I'm fine...I'm okay...just a little dizzy..." It was not something that could be explained as dizziness, but Ellen had to grab her head and control her breathing. Not yet. She can still endure it. Not yet. She can still be calm. She cannot give her body, mind, and soul to it yet. She has to think of something else. The feeling of her soul being tortured just by thinking about the Demon King and Reinhardt was overwhelming. Ellen holds the bone fragment idol around her neck, with the marker of her heart that D'Artagnan had carved. She has to forget. She might as well forget to avoid being robbed. She focuses on the case. Leberier Ranche's remains were stolen, and she has to see the end of this strange murder and massacre. In the midst of these thoughts, Ellen thinks of something else. One word that can make her forget everything that confuses her mind. Go back. Go back to the temple. She has to feed the cat. As if it were a lie. "Ha...ha..." The pain that felt like it was torturing her head and soul stopped. And for this reason, Ellen was speechless for a while because it was unbelievable that the pain stopped. Summary of previous part only for context: None provided.

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Rudbeck, Heinrich, Ellen, and the knights couldn't hide their confusion at Rudbeck's question. They all focused on the destruction itself. They wondered why someone would make a mess of the underground tomb when they could have quietly stolen the remains of Leberier Ranche. They focused on the "why" and not the "how." Rudbeck noticed a broken stone container with a hole in it and wondered why there were no stone fragments inside. Ellen realized that the bodies of the saints had been resurrected as undead and had broken out of their containers. The stolen remains were not stolen but resurrected. Everyone was shocked by this conclusion.