yasinovel Chapter 4165 The Silent Priest
Chapter 4165 The Silent Priest
Chapter 4165 The Silent Priest
This time, Na and the Milk Dragon did not remain unconscious for long.
Shortly after rescuers carried them out of the blood-bound dungeon, they gradually regained consciousness.
However, their awakening was not voluntary, but rather they were awakened by pain.
They were placed on top of each other on a stretcher, carried by a man and a woman in blue robes. The two men seemed nonchalant, completely unconcerned about the people on the stretcher, and drove straight over piles of rubble without even avoiding them.
As a result, the two of them, who were already seriously injured, were jolted so badly on the bumpy road that every bone in their body ached, and their internal injuries surged like a tidal wave, causing them to experience bouts of blacking out.
They tried to struggle to get up, but the slightest movement made their internal organs feel like they were being tangled up, and they couldn't even lift a finger.
His mouth could only utter soft moans as the two blue-robed men carried him in an unknown direction...
However, their struggling movements still startled the two men in blue robes.
"Awake?" The young man at the front glanced back at Na, his tone indifferent. "You're tough, you're still alive."
The woman on the stretcher behind them scoffed, her voice neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for them to hear: "If it weren't for the family cooperating with the law enforcement team this time, who would care about the life or death of ordinary people like this? It's just for show."
"Say less." The young man glanced at his companion and continued forward, but this time he chose a slightly flatter main road instead of a rugged shortcut.
This also slightly eased the overwhelming pain experienced by Naru and Naru.
Na closed her eyes briefly, catching her breath before asking in a hoarse voice, "Who are you...where are you taking us?"
"Who are we? You're just an ordinary person, so don't bother asking. It's pointless to ask."
"As for where to go? Where can we go? You two seriously injured people, we'll either send you to the hospital or the funeral home. Do you want to guess where we're taking you?" The woman behind him seemed very dissatisfied with the rescue operation and spoke rudely.
The young man in front, however, had a detached expression but did not make any sarcastic remarks.
In response to Na's question, he calmly replied, "We are employees of the Dufield family. This time, we are cooperating with the law enforcement team to enter the old city of Moranti and wipe out the remnants of the cult."
At this point, the young man paused, turned his head to look at Na: "You two should know your own situation, right?"
Na and Nailong nodded, and Nailong said, "Well, we were originally planning to go to the Black Street in the old town..."
Na coughed lightly, "We were just wandering around the neighborhood when we were caught in the shockwave and knocked unconscious. When we woke up, we were captured by the remnants of the Bloodstained Sect and thrown into the dungeon. We are so grateful for your help this time, otherwise..."
Na's eyes welled up with tears, and she looked extremely grateful.
The young man glanced at Nailong and Na and said slowly, "We don't care who you are, where you want to go, or what you want to do."
"It's enough to know that you and the Bloodstained Faction are not on the same path."
Na just now directly referred to the followers of the Bloodstained Sect as "remnants," which, from the perspective of the youth, indicates that their identity has been properly established.
"However, we are family employees, so we don't mind. But when you meet the Silent Priestess later, you'd better be a little more restrained. Although she is not an official, her beliefs are similar to those of the enforcement team. What she dislikes most is people who disrupt order."
The existence of the underground black market disrupts the order of Moranti town.
This is a thorn in the side of both the law enforcement team and the Silent Priests.
Hearing the young man's advice, Na understood that they had passed one hurdle, and quickly nodded: "Thank you for the reminder, so we're going to see...Silence..."
"The Silent Priestess," the woman behind him said irritably.
“Yes, Priestess of Tranquility.” The young man nodded, continuing to carry them forward as he said, “Your injuries are severe; you need to be taken for treatment first.”
"The Silent Priest, like the Dufield family, was invited by the enforcement team to the Old City. However, we are on the front lines conducting the search, while the Silent Priest is in charge of logistics and providing medical assistance to any potential casualties."
At this point, Na and Nailong understood that they were saved.
Na also felt a bit strange at this moment. She was already prepared to actively trigger the alarm mechanism and die in this world.
Unexpectedly, after a violent earthquake, she was rescued by an employee of the Dufield family. Although she didn't know who the Dufield family was, since they were able to cooperate with the "enforcement team," their identities should belong to the white side.
I have to say, we were really lucky this time.
However, Na felt inexplicably uneasy.
Normally, as outsiders who had illegally entered the world of Yi, they would be rejected by the world's will and would inevitably suffer many misfortunes. But now, they had suddenly encountered good fortune, which made Na feel that something was not right.
Could this be the calm before the storm?
Suppressing their inner unease, they were powerless to move or escape their shrouded fate, so they could only face it... at worst, they would "go to their deaths."
“Look, do you see that building over there with its walls covered in moss?” The young man’s voice came from over there: “The Silent Priest is there.”
Na followed the gaze.
It was a four-story building, but it was dilapidated. The walls were full of holes and covered with green moss. No one had been inside for many years, and it looked rather eerie from a distance.
“This used to be a hospital when the old city was still in operation. Although it’s now abandoned, some of the medical equipment is still there, which can serve as a temporary base for the Priests of Tranquility.”
They walked through streets and alleys littered with rubble and stopped in front of the abandoned hospital.
There were people in white coats coming and going at the entrance; they were wearing masks and were clearly nursing staff.
After handing Na and Nailong over to the caregivers, the two Dufield employees left without saying a word.
The nurses carefully placed Na and Nailong onto the trolley and pushed them into the temporary shelter while inquiring about their injuries.
Seeing their professional demeanor, Na and Nailong felt somewhat reassured; at least from the nurses' perspective, they didn't sense any malice.
The trolley had been in the hospital for a short time when it suddenly stopped in the corridor, and the nursing staff bowed to someone not far away.
"Master Priest."
A priestess? Is it the Priestess of Tranquility? Na forced her aching neck to look up and saw a woman in a plain white dress walking gracefully towards her at the end of the corridor.
She was slender, with her long hair loosely tied back, and looked exceptionally gentle and serene in the light of the wall lamp.
She was the person in charge of this temporary stronghold—the Silent Priestess.
The Silent Priestess nodded to the nurses and was about to walk down the corridor when she seemed to sense something as she passed the gurney.
Turning around, I saw Na and Nailong lying on the bed with their eyes closed, their brows furrowed, looking as if they were in unbearable pain.
"Is this a wounded soldier?"
The nurse bowed and nodded: "Yes, it was brought by an employee of Dufield. They said it was rescued from the Bloodletting's dungeon."
"The Blood Faction will capture living people?" The Silent Priest raised an eyebrow in surprise.
The surrounding nurses were also somewhat puzzled. As far as they knew, the Bloodstained Faction would summon the Flesh and Blood Mother at the slightest disagreement, leaving the scene covered in blood and gore, with carcasses flying everywhere. They rarely arrested or imprisoned people; they were practically extinct.
The Priestess of Tranquility narrowed her eyes, scrutinizing the two people on the bed who were pretending to be asleep.
Yes, as a doctor and a priestess, she knew perfectly well that these two strangely shaped people were pretending to be asleep.
Judging from their constantly twitching eyelids, they were probably very nervous.
nervous?
The Silent Priestess's lips curled into a slight smile, her curiosity about the two growing.
A moment later, she seemed to have discovered something, and her eyes suddenly lit up.
“Their internal injuries are severe. Let’s move them to room 101,” the Silent Priest said slowly.
"101? Does the High Priest want to treat them personally?" The nurses were surprised. 101 was the ward that the Silent Priest was in charge of.
The Silent Priest nodded, speaking gently: "These extremely serious patients need my help to completely relieve their pain and anxiety."
The nurse looked at the silent priest with reverence, "I will obey your orders, Your Excellency."
After saying that, they changed the direction of the bed and pushed it towards room 101.
Na and the Milk Dragon both overheard the conversation between the Silent Priest and the nurse. The Milk Dragon didn't seem to think anything was wrong; however, Na's unease grew stronger.
The silent priest had clearly intended to skip them, but suddenly stopped and changed his mind. This unexpected turn of events made Na feel as if she were falling into some kind of unseen spiral.
But if you really asked her to find fault with it, she couldn't.
It was all just intuition.
However, no matter how uneasy they were, they were powerless to resist in their current state and could only silently endure it.
"Thank you for your hard work, leave it to me."
When the gurney arrived at Room 101, the nurses separated Nailong and Nai into two beds, and then the Silent Priest dismissed everyone.
At this moment, only Nailong and Na, and the white-skirted priestess standing by the hospital bed were in room 101.
Seeing the two pretending to be asleep, the Silent Priest calmly walked to the window, drew the curtains, and blocked out the light. Then he locked the door before returning to the center of the two hospital beds.
"I didn't expect to have such an unexpected gain today."
The Priestess of Tranquility spoke slowly. Before, when she was outside, her voice was gentle and elegant, but now it had become a tone filled with arrogance and greed.
"I never expected that the Bloodbound Dungeon of that kid Jantoro would actually hide two such rare races. Moreover, they are the only ones in the entire world."
"You're really lucky."
As she spoke, she breathed heavily, as if inhaling the "rare" scent.
Such unusual words and actions made it impossible for Nailong and Na to pretend to be asleep any longer.
Na opened her eyes and met the silent priest who was sniffing around her.
The Priestess of Tranquility was no longer gentle; her eyes were now filled with arrogance and evil! Her greedy gaze seemed to penetrate Na's skin, scrutinizing the price of her soul.
"Pannas succubus, a demon of the abyss, and a mere unexplored cub at that—what a high-quality sacrifice. I never expected to get such a good deal from her."
"Unknown race, possibly dragon. That's even rarer!"
"whee--"
"I thought I was just here to annoy the remnants of the Bloodlust Faction, but it turns out to be my day of reckoning." The Silent Priest let out a sharp laugh. "Moreover, even the High Priest probably couldn't snatch a living sacrifice from Jantoro. Today is my day of advancement!"
Seeing the fierce and unruly Priestess Ji Mi, Na struggled to grab the cup beside her and throw it at her.
However, as soon as she managed to sit up, she felt her body go limp and strangely lost all her strength, collapsing onto the bed.
"Wasn't it better if you pretended to be asleep? Why did you wake up?"
"Don't bother, a special anesthesia ritual has been set up here. Even high-ranking nobles won't be able to make a sound here..."
"By the way, you guys aren't feeling any pain anymore, right? That's because the anesthesia ritual is working!"
"Soon, very soon, you'll all fall into a deep sleep. This time you won't have to pretend to be asleep anymore. Shouldn't you thank me?"
She laughed maniacally, a sight that reminded Na of Shouyiling.
Could this be another member of the Bloodlust Faction?
However, from her tone just now, I couldn't tell that she agreed with the Bloodstained Faction.
Na felt a wave of helplessness. She had just escaped one danger only to fall into another. She thought she was saved, but in reality, she had entered an even more dangerous abyss.
Sure enough, misfortune continued to pursue them.
Na used all her strength to turn her head and look at the milk dragon, signaling with her eyes: Go to your death.
This time, however, the Milk Dragon did not obey, but instead stared at the crazed Silent Priest.
Na felt a little anxious because she was already feeling drowsy. If she delayed any longer, she might not be able to decide her own death.
Just as Na was about to speak up to remind the Milk Dragon, the Milk Dragon stared at the Silent Priest and whispered, "You are also... a remnant of the Bloodstained Sect?"
The Priestess of Tranquility stopped her wild laughter and looked into the Milk Dragon's clear eyes.
"Remnants of the Bloodstained Faction? Of course not, we are not like them."
"The Bloodstainers only bring chaos and bloodshed, while we bring cleanliness and peace, and also, a pristine slumber... and it won't hurt."
Upon hearing this, both Nailong and Na were stunned.
...a flawless slumber.
This made them think of a certain religious sect.
Na originally wanted to trigger the alert mechanism first, but the Silent Priest's answer made her hesitate. She looked at the Milk Dragon: Want to gamble?
Nailong understood what Nai meant and nodded gently.
There is no difference between dying voluntarily and dying involuntarily.
But if they bet right, then a glimmer of hope will appear.
No longer resisting sleep, but even actively embracing the drowsiness, after a moment, Na and Nailong entered a state of gradually blurring consciousness.
At the same time, they faintly heard some noises around them.
The Priestess of Tranquility reached out and touched her chest, bowing slightly. Her voice was as soft as a feather, her tone returning from frenzy to gentleness, even possessing a ticklish quality like a whisper:
I extend my best wishes to you both.
May you enjoy silence forever.
As soon as the words were spoken, Na and the Milk Dragon's consciousness finally sank completely into darkness.