Chapter 588 The Cult’s Next Step

Even though Rika trusted me, she still didn't reveal any of her future plans on what to do to fight against her family. She knew that she has to make her choice soon but she has yet to ask me any answer about how she will be solving that matter by herself. I don't want to pry about what her strategy is going to be but I can't help but be curious about what she was trying to do.

After dinner, I returned to my room and log back into the game. If my assumption is correct, today will be the day the cult will take action. I am not sure what they will be doing since the spread of the scourge didn't happen as planned due to my intervention but I am quite sure they have already formulated something to get back on their feet, spread the scourge and bring chaos as they have planned.

Nove l B(in).C OM

"[Welcome Back, Bladeheart]"

Like always, I went straight to look at the final village. Since it has been a week, the angels who were on standby there and are busy collecting samples and other stuff have already moved on from that village after exhausting every single clue they could find. So at the moment, there are no other people there. However, the moment I checked on the village again, I saw a group of hooded angels walking around the area. One of them is part of the fallen angels as the guy has black wings. I am quite familiar with the cult and if he has black wings, there is only one angel in the cult that has black wings and that is none other than the leader of the cult himself. If he came here, then that only means that he is trying to do something.

I am observing her in the distance and didn't bother to do anything other than observing them. They are currently gathering something that I am not sure what as it is a little bit far and the thing they are collecting is a small object that they put inside a little box. After collecting them, they then move away and disappear into the distance. I have no idea what it was but I can tell that they are collecting something to continue whatever they are doing.

Now that they are currently on the move, I think it is also time to do my next move as well. I cleaned up my camp as I will need to move to another camp soon enough. The next plan is to raid the cult's bases and destroy whatever research they are currently doing. Staying in one camp is not going to be a good idea and this time around, I need to be on a constant move to get away from them as once I begin this task, I will be subject to a series of multiple unfortunate events and disasters that I will have to endure until I reach the main camp and get rid of whatever curse they put on me.

p "Leona!"

Leona appeared like a mushroom out of nowhere as she flaps her wings. I climbed behind her back, opened the map, and encircled the easiest base the cult has at the moment.

"Let's go, Leona, to the northeast here is our destination."

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Sigma is done with her grind from the monsters in the vicinity when Mr. Teddy and Harmless Sparrow logged back in.

"Are there any changes in what is going on, Sigma-chan?" Harmless Sparrow asked.

"There are no changes yet. In fact, I have not received any info regarding the situation so I decided to investigate myself by asking the NPCs in the city so that I can get a better idea of what the quest line is all about."

"You already have an idea of what is going on already?"

"Not exactly because there is some info that seems to contradict some info but there is some info that does not contradict and seems to be making it more believable."

"Can you tell us what it is, or are you still gathering info?"

"I can tell it already but just like before, it is just guessing and I am not really sure whether it is indeed the real quest that has been constantly delayed. No wonder Bladeheart sent us the message to never trust the tactician. That guy was never a tactician, to begin with, he is more like a molester."

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"Oh, I get ya. No wonder Bladeheart would say to never trust the Tactician. He spouts bullshit like he is in control of everything. If he was, this quest would not occur at all."

"Indeed. Anyways, you two should listen. Perhaps we can piece out whatever the quest might be giving us and based on the recent developments, these words might be true to some degree. No one from the other pioneers knows about this so guys, let's keep this to ourselves, yeah?"

"Sure," Harmless Sparrow nodded.

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Mr. Teddy nods silently too.

"Okay. Based on the info I gathered, a cult is currently recruiting angels all around the continent that seems to defy their main religion of obeying the Goddess of Life. Many believed that it was the Goddess of Death but some of the angels who also believe in the Goddess of Death, are sure that their goddess did not cause any of this crap that is happening."

"Then that means the main enemy here is a cult?"

"Basically yeah. And although it is not confirmed. Some monsters that come out from the night are the cause of this cult that made some of the angels believe in its little existence and decided to convert to this new religion."

The three who have been waiting to learn the truth, decided that they are no longer patient enough to wait for whatever it was and decided to take action by themselves, not knowing that this would trigger a different questline itself. Sigma's info digging might have caused the odd quest line of the expedition to take over and give them the task that will change the situation of the expedition forever.