Chapter 253

Translator: Kell | Editor: Weasalopes

Father Dennis of Vireocean

The man who stepped out from behind the curtain was none other than the Church’s representative who attended the meetings . He wore a gray robe, and a small cap rested on his blonde hair streaked with gray . He appeared to be around sixty years old; although his body was starting to decline due to age, his eyes were full of life, watching Hikaru warily .

Hikaru didn’t pay much attention to him as he was from the Church, but now he was curious . As the man got within the five-meter range, Hikaru checked his Soul Board .

【Soul Board】Dennis Lugrim

Age: 64 Rank: 3

18

【Vitality】

. . 【Stamina】2

. . 【Immunity】

… . 【Magic Resistance】2

. . 【Perception】

… . 【Sight】1

……【Heaven Eyes】1

【Magical Power】

. . 【Mana】8

【Willpower】

. . 【Mental Strength】6

. . 【Faith】

… . 【Holy】7

……【Healing Magic】4

……【Support Magic】3

【Intuition】

. . 【Instinct】5

. . 【Intelligence】

… . 【Language Comprehension】1

… . 【Language Output】1

The old man had high Mana, Instinct, and Holy stats . He also had a mysterious skill called Heaven Eyes . That one skill aside, his other stats seemed to have been earned by walking the path of God . Sophie of the Four Stars of the East was also an outstanding Healer, but Dennis seemed even more powerful than her .

Only 1 point is required to unlock Heaven Eyes? That sounds too low . It’s probably similar to Heaven Sword and Heaven Shot . If a minimum of five points on Throwing is required to unlock Heaven Shot, Sight might be maxed at five . Still only one point to unlock Heaven Eyes is strange . Does it unlock in combination with other Skills?

Mental Strength and Holy stats stood out to Hikaru because of how high they were . Patricia seemed to trust his eye in judging people . Hikaru wasn’t aware of the specifics, but it was clear that his Skill was something else .

「Well? Is he innocent?」Patricia asked Dennis .

「What did I even do?」Hikaru said, playing dumb .

Dennis kept his eyes fixed on Hikaru .

「Just stand there quietly . 」Patricia said . 「So Dennis, what’s—」

Dennis suddenly kneeled down on the spot . 「Finally… Finally, I have laid my eyes on one . I was half in doubt as I never had the chance before . Please forgive my rudeness . 」

「What?」Even Hikaru was confused .

「Wh-What are you saying, Dennis?!」Patricia exclaimed . 「Silver Face . What did you do to him?!」

「I-I have no idea what he’s—」

「There is not one as virtuous as you . You are a Heaven’s Messenger, yes?」

「Ah…」

Oh, that, Hikaru thought . Dennis was referring to the job class that he had selected on his Soul Card right now, Higher Class Heaven’s Messenger: Greater Angel . Hikaru only used for its extraordinary function that allowed him to choose and stack five job classes at once . It wasn’t like he was pretending to be an angel or anything .

「You can tell?」Hikaru said .

「Why, of course . I am a servant of God . 」Dennis bowed even deeper .

「What’s going on here?!」Patricia was getting more confused .

「Supreme Leader . This man is wearing a mask for a reason . I can, however, vouch for his identity . This man will never commit any wrong . 」

No, no, no, no . I definitely will . I’ll do awful things if the situation calls for it . Hikaru knew the Church was searching for people with a Heaven Messenger-related job class, but he never expected them to be able to sense one and revere them .

Can he see them with his Heaven Eye?

He wasn’t completely sure, but that seemed to be the only explanation . Hikaru regarded Dennis suspiciously .

「You must be wondering why I revere you, Lord Silver Face . It is because of the words that were left to us by the Saints . 」

「Oh, the old books . 」

The older books—scriptures, so to speak—contained the actions and words of the Saints . The current version circulating far and wide had its contents revised by the current Pope to fit their own agenda .

「So you’re aware . Vireocean, of course, uses the old books . 」

「Why did the Saints say to search for these Messengers?」

「We do not know, but the Saints believed that Messengers will bring peace and tranquility to the world . 」

「Hey! Can you explain it so it makes sense to me too?!」Patricia shouted, slamming her hand on the table .

Dennis, never breaking his gentle smile, explained the situation to Patricia . He told her how Silver Face had a Messenger job class—though he never admitted it—and that the Church must protect him at all costs .

「Why is the Church so hung up on these “Messengers”?!」Still confused, Patricia asked the same question that Hikaru did earlier .

「Messengers will bring peace and tranquility to the world . 」Dennis gave the same answer .

Patricia eyed Hikaru suspiciously, but he only shrugged . He didn’t do anything; Dennis was simply acting of his own accord .

The Supreme Leader wanted Dennis to verify if Silver Face could be trusted or not . He received not just a perfect score, but higher than that .

「So Dennis was at the meeting for his eyes? 」

「You are indeed a Messenger, Lord Silver Face . You know that my eyes are special . 」

「Lucky guess . It didn’t look like you were judging me by my voice or smell . Well?」

「No, I only took part in the meeting as a member of the Church and playing our role in this situation . The Supreme Leader asked that the temple knights be the ones to lead the evacuation of Ville Zentra’s citizens . 」

So she’s considering the possibility of an evacuation too .

「But with you here, we might not have to do anything . 」

You give me too much credit, Hikaru thought . Dennis clearly thought otherwise . Afterwards, Patricia asked more questions—why was he with Kaglai, how he remained hidden, among others . Hikaru answered as much as he could, but most of them didn’t seem to satisfy her .

「What the hell are you?!」

「I think finding out I’m not an enemy is a good thing, if you ask me . 」

A knock came at the door .

「A small boat from the enemy fleet is heading towards us carrying a messenger flag . 」a man reported .

After that, Patricia became busy, and Hikaru left the room .

It’s their job from here on out . Time for me to get some information .

Hikaru stepped out of the office and into the hallway . Dennis seemed to have something he wanted to say as he watched Hikaru’s back, but right now, Hikaru had nothing to say to the man .

He finally recalled who he was . Hikaru found the priest’s name on the notes that Scott Fairs left in the Tower in Bios—the home of the Pope—back in Agiapole . Hikaru sent the letter to Dennis, who in turn, used it to mobilize the regional priests and remove the Pope from his seat . He thought Dennis went to Agiapole .

I don’t really need to come forward every single time . I hate acting like someone owes me a favor anyway .

Activating his Stealth, Hikaru left the Supreme Leader’s residence .