Embers of Embers

Chapter 135 The Age of Ignorance
It's a really scary answer. I'm afraid no one expected such a result.
"I understand about the Sacred Coffin. It's really a big trouble."
Arthur sighed, feeling very stressed.
Lorenzo pushed his wheelchair and walked with Arthur in the huge underground tunnel. After the hard work of the ventilation fan, the air here was much better. Although it was mixed with various strange and complex smells, at least it was what humans could currently do. Breathe the gas.
There are dim lights overhead, and they extend along the rails to the end of the field of vision. There are complex steam pipes juxtaposed with them. They may be in disrepair, and condensed water drops fall down, wetting a large area of ​​soil.
"This isn't just trouble, Arthur, now all of Old Dunling is in danger."
Lorenzo remained as calm as possible.
Once the demonic erosion breaks out in Chengdu, with the population density of Old Dunling, conventional firepower cannot suppress the demonic tide at all. Only by detonating the furnace pillar and sending the entire Old Dunling underground can the solution be solved. crisis.
"Hmm... do you know what is in the sacred coffin?"
After a long silence, Arthur asked slowly.
At this moment, he showed his ability as a leader. Various ideas and plans were rushing through his mind. At the same time, he was constantly annoyed about why he had so much trouble in his current term.
"The demon, the last demon, according to Metanzo, is a demon with the concept of 'demon'. You can understand that as long as it is killed, the concept of demon will no longer exist in the world, and the demon will no longer exist. .”
Lorenzo replied that this was what Metanzo said to him on the night of Holy Advent. The man named the angel has always been so reliable and reassuring.
"So what does it specifically look like? Mr. Holmes, is it a human being, an object, or a demon? An object should always have its shape, right?"
Arthur was not surprised by the theorem of that concept. He seemed to have expected it, but continued to ask.
Lorenzo was startled, and then he realized that he had never thought about this.
"I don't know. The ceremony to deal with it is on the birthday of the god. Only those demon hunters with the name of angels are qualified to participate in that ceremony. I just guarded outside the church."
It was a grand execution, and the cold winter nights were warmed by the boiling church.
"So, even you don't know what's in there, right?"
Lorenzo nodded silently.
"Then Mr. Holmes, why are you so sure... Why is the Evangelical Church so sure that as long as the demon and the Holy Grail are killed, the concept of demons will disappear?"
"As far as I know, all the knowledge of demons in the Evangelical Church comes from the Gospels and the Book of Revelation, right? In other words, is there any record of this in these two books?"
Arthur suddenly asked the question from another angle. He seemed to know something and remained absolutely rational.
Lorenzo didn't know how to answer for a moment, but Arthur continued.
"Mr. Holmes, in fact, the mysterious things that the purification mechanism comes into contact with are far beyond your imagination. In order to fight against the demons, we will conduct a lot of experiments and adjustments. We even say that one of our purposes is to make everything understandable. ."
"Like erosion, like demons, we will explain it with understandable technology and formulas, like Geiger counters, prefrontal lobotomies... So change the topic, Mr. Holmes, what do you think of a religion? What is the most important thing to maintain?”
Arthur looked directly at Lorenzo. He was obviously a man who was injured and almost died, but his eyes were as sharp as a sword, as if he wanted to cut through all Lorenzo's confusion.
"Belief……"
"No, it's ignorance. Only the ignorance at the bottom can support a myth full of loopholes. Mr. Holmes, think about it and remove those mysterious and mysterious religious words, and you will find that the essence of all secret blood technology is science and pure science."
Arthur coughed hard several times, and the pain on his body was still tormenting him, but his electric gaze once again grasped Lorenzo. Lorenzo did not even have the courage to look away, so he could only hold it tightly. Look at each other.
"Then what do we need to fight against the demons?"
"It's rational, right?"
Arthur said quickly, his voice was very calm, but like rapid thunder.
"But Mr. Holmes, is it really rational to believe in that illusory god?"
These are truly heretical words. Arthur was no longer burned at the stake by Michael the Witcher. Hundreds of years ago, he would have been escorted to the Cathedral of Saint-Naro, where the Pope would personally light the fire of punishment.
"Mr. Holmes, I can actually tell that you are not a believer. Those pedantic beliefs have not suppressed your thoughts, so I said this to you... After all, those fanatical believers are really troublesome. When Inverg first promoted the steam engine, those people thought it was an artifact from the devil with poor souls sealed inside to work for us.”
Arthur laughed disdainfully at this point.
"This is the reason why we have always been unable to get along with the Evangelical Church. The continuation of a religion requires the ignorance of the bottom, but we at Yin Erweg want to let the glory of science and technology envelope every land."
Arthur has already seen through everything. Lorenzo is a soldier, and he is the general who controls the overall situation.
"The old era has passed, and the new era is unstoppable. If the Holy Gospel Papal State wants to regain control of the Western world, it must defeat Inverg as soon as possible. Otherwise, the advancement of steam technology will only defeat ignorance."
"Sometimes we have to thank Advent. If this incident had not severely damaged the Evangelical Church, otherwise we would have gone to war with it in the past few years. War is inevitable."
"A world war...right?"
Lorenzo felt a little depressed.
"Don't think so much, Mr. Holmes, that's not what you're worried about. Our primary goal now is to find out what Dean Lawrence is going to do and where he is?"
Arthur signaled Lorenzo to stop, and the two of them stood in the dark tunnel. Whether they looked forward or backward, they saw endless gray.
"The only one who can fully support you now is the purification agency, Mr. Holmes. I think you already have enough trust before, right?"
He looked at Lorenzo and revealed his purpose.
"This is a win-win cooperation, but first I need to know what happened on the Night of Holy Advent, okay? Only if I know the full story of the incident can this machine called the Purification Mechanism roar."
A person's power has its limits. Without the assistance of the purification agency, Lorenzo would have been killed by Dean Lawrence long ago. He cannot fight alone forever.
"But this is related to the Holy Grail, which is extremely corrosive..."
Lorenzo shook his head. He was still unwilling to accept it, so he refused.
This is a night deep in Lorenzo's heart, a revenge that only belongs to him.
"It's possible that it spreads through 'words' right?"
Arthur directly interrupted Lorenzo. As the person in charge of the purification agency, Arthur knew as much about demons as Lorenzo did.
"Then please organize your sentences, Mr. Holmes, and just omit the part that we are not allowed to listen to."
Arthur stared closely at Lorenzo. They were the same kind. Everyone here could be considered a desperado. Lone wolves could become a wolf pack when they came together.
The sound of whistling iron came from the end of the tunnel. The steel beast was advancing here, so the rails trembled slightly, and finally stopped slowly with the roaring wind.
The door of the steam subway opened, and after the steam dissipated, the gray-robed face was slowly revealed.
"Merlin is the greatest alchemist I have ever met. Wouldn't you mind having an extra audience?"
As Arthur's voice flowed through, Merlin lifted his hood and smiled at Lorenzo.
(End of this chapter)