The formal talks between the Dark Moon Island and the Order of the Gods have begun.

Last night, the members of the Dark Moon Island delegation had already communicated and confirmed the specific details of the terms with the relevant personnel of the Order of the Gods. In fact, the overall communication between the two sides had begun long before Ophelia arrived in York City...

Therefore, Ophelia's trip was more like representing the Dark Moon clan to come and sign the contract after the two sides had reached a basic consensus.

But this does not mean that it was just going through the motions. There were still some sensitive details that needed Ophelia to sit down and negotiate with a bishop from the York City district who was specifically responsible for this matter.

The more critical the situation, the more attention needs to be paid to some tricky details, because what can be left until the end is definitely an issue that both sides attach great importance to.

To the Order of the Gods, the Dark Moon Island is a small matter, but from another perspective, even if the Order of the Gods just takes a step back on certain issues, it would still be of great benefit to the Dark Moon Island.

The conference room was very large. Karun, Peinao, and Fanni sat in the front row, with the female warrior Panmir and the new maid sitting slightly further away on the same row.

Behind them were the grassroots personnel of the Dark Moon Island delegation and the personnel of the Order of the Gods who were involved in the negotiations. They were occasionally asked for specific data and information during the talks.

But this does not mean that Karun and others have the qualifications to listen to the meeting, because around the elliptical conference table where the formal negotiations were taking place, there was a black barrier that completely covered it.

Inside the barrier, Ophelia and Bishop Felix each brought about ten core members for the final negotiations.

Sitting outside the barrier, Karun could only see the different colors of the clothes on the people inside, without even a chance to read their lips.

Sitting for a long time, it was inevitable to get bored.

Karun turned his head and saw Fanni reading the newspaper, but there was a faint spiritual power fluctuation on the newspaper.

Fanni noticed Karun's gaze and handed him half of the newspaper. Karun took the newspaper and found that the photos on the newspaper were actually animated; and some of the contents in the text boxes could even scroll.

There's actually a newspaper like this?

Karun looked at the top of the newspaper- "Order Weekly".

As the name suggests, this is an internal publication of the Order of the Gods.

"Never seen it before?" Fanni asked.

Karun nodded.

"It's normal. It costs 30 Order Coupons per issue, and there's no discount for monthly subscriptions."

The monthly subscription fee for the newspaper was 150 Order Coupons. No wonder Karun had never seen it at the Pavarotti Funeral Society, because the monthly allowance for a god servant was only 100 Order Coupons, which was not enough to subscribe to a newspaper. Mr. Pavarotti would not spend his precious Order Coupons on this either.

"Did you subscribe?" Karun asked."No, I don't have time to read these. You can get them for free at the meeting room entrance. If you want to subscribe, send someone to the Education Building on Wutong Street to pay."

"Okay, I got it."

Karun planned to subscribe to this newspaper. He already had the habit of reading newspapers, and now that he was in the Neo Team, he didn't have to worry too much about his point income and could afford this expense.

The content of the newspaper mainly dealt with events related to the Order God Sect, with some high-level articles sharing insights and experiences. In addition, there were also some understandings of the use of magic, with a lot of practical information.

But what surprised Karun was that there was also a section that reported on news from the real world, such as a page divided into two halves.

The top half was the news that John Lotini had successfully been elected as the mayor of Manlar City, accompanied by his campaign platform calling for freedom and democracy.

The bottom half was a speech by Mr. Koma Luther, who called on all purple-haired people to unite for a peaceful protest against violence and disorderly activities.

A publication within a religious organization actually spent so much space reporting on two "civilian" figures; this made Karun feel very interesting, there must be other deeper meanings inside.

The morning meeting ended, and after the barrier was removed, the representatives of both sides greeted each other with smiles and then went back to rest and prepare for the afternoon meeting.

"Do you think the negotiations were successful?" Fanny asked Karun.

"I don't know," Karun replied.

During the meeting, to avoid unnecessary trouble, both sides did not hold a banquet but ate separately.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the meeting continued.

As in the morning, this time Peina also picked up a newspaper and placed it in front of her, then lightly pushed Karun with her arm, saying:

"If I fall asleep and snore later, remember to pinch my thigh."

"Okay," Karun nodded.

Peina covered her face with the newspaper, closed her eyes, and began to take a nap.

Soon, Fanny did the same and started to nap.

Karun took a copy of "Light of Order" and began to read.

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After a while, he heard snoring, not from Peina, but from Fanny.

Karun reached out and lightly pinched Fanny's thigh.

Fanny opened her eyes, smiled at Karun, indicating that she understood, and then changed her sitting position and went back to sleep.

After a while, Peina also started to snore.

Karun also pinched Peina's thigh, and Peina woke up, smiled at Karun, changed her posture, and continued to sleep.

During the afternoon meeting, Karun pinched Fanny three times and Peina six times.When the meeting ended, the two women stretched lazily with satisfaction.

"I'm not usually this sleepy, but I can't help it in serious situations like this," Fanny said.

"Me too," Peina yawned.

Karun spoke up, "The meeting probably wasn't that successful since they added an extra session at night."

Originally, there were only two sessions in the morning and afternoon, but they added an evening session that didn't end until late at night.

After escorting Miss Ophelia back to her room, the two women unabashedly took over the large bed, even though they had slept through the meeting, they were still very tired, even more so than the battle two nights ago.

Karun was about to rest on the sofa when the doorbell rang, and Miss Ophelia called for him.

This was still in the hotel, and it was the first time the two had met so late.

There was a delicate midnight snack on the coffee table in front of Miss Ophelia, but Karun wasn't hungry now.

"The talks didn't go very well," Ophelia said.

"Mm."

Karun responded and took a big sip of the ice water the maid had brought him.

The maid was stunned for a moment, then silently brought a cup of hot tea to her mistress.

"I'm so tired," Ophelia sighed, stretching her legs out on the sofa. She was wearing traditional clothing from Darkmoon Island, a dress that looked somewhat like a cheongsam but without a slit.

However, in this position, her smooth calves and some of the area above her knees were exposed.

"Mr. Karun, I really hate these kinds of occasions and procedures. I'd rather go find those ignorant pirates and sea monsters to practice sword fighting on the open sea outside Darkmoon Island."

"My two colleagues think the same way."

"Hehe, maybe I and they belong to the same kind of people."

To Karun's surprise, even though she saw that he wasn't interested in the midnight snack, Ophelia still chatted with him about literature for a while.

But Karun clearly noticed that she was also tired.

The late-night "reading session" lasted for almost an hour, and Ophelia was still unsatisfied. Only when Karun said it was late and asked her to rest well for tomorrow's meeting did he bid farewell and return to his room opposite.

Closing the door, Karun leaned against it with a slightly furrowed brow.

Ophelia's actions tonight were somewhat deliberate, and he couldn't assume that she was only interested in him.

Did she sense something?

Karun subconsciously touched his wrist. Was it because of the Darkmoon Blade?

...

Ophelia was drinking ice water, her gaze slightly frozen.

Pamir leaned over and whispered, "Miss, is it him?""A few nights ago, I only vaguely sensed it once or twice, but on the night of the attack, although there was a distance between us, I really sensed it.

And, he, who always behaved properly, did not cover up or refuse my gift of the sword.

Panmier, even you are not qualified to inherit it. I really can't understand why he would have it."

"The Order of the Gods rarely fails to get what they want. Perhaps, he will be arranged to be the personal security of the young lady on this trip, under the instruction of the high-level members of the Order."

"I agree with the first half, but the second half... I am considering a marriage with Mr. Leon. Why would the Order of the Gods be in a hurry to make arrangements now? It doesn't make sense."

"But what I find even more incomprehensible is the strength that Mr. Karun has shown. He can definitely hide his strength in this elite Order of the Whip team."

Hearing this, Ophelia thought of the series of layered protective walls that Karun used that night.

"Don't worry, let's wait and see. If it doesn't work, I plan to ask him after the meeting is over."

"Is that okay, Miss?"

"Sometimes, when you have too many concerns and guesses, when you look back, you will feel stupid."

...

The second day followed almost the same process as the first day, with morning meetings, afternoon meetings, and an additional evening meeting.

Karun continued to read "Light of Order" while waking up the two elder sisters on either side of him who were snoring.

When he returned to the room, Peina and Vani were even more tired than the night before, and they fell asleep as soon as they entered the room.

And Karun received another summons from Miss Ophelia.

Tonight, Miss Ophelia chatted with Karun about music for an hour, but Karun was not very familiar with the music of this world. He usually liked to listen to songs played by Alfred on the radio.

However, Karun found that Ophelia, who took the initiative to talk about this topic, was even less familiar with music than himself, and the conversation turned into him introducing her to music.

At one-thirty in the morning, Karun returned to his room and called the Funeral Society using the phone in the room. Alfred answered the phone and asked about the progress of the renovation. After getting the information, Karun hung up the phone.

...

The third day followed the same process as the previous two days.

In the evening, Karun clearly saw the exhaustion of Peina and Vani. They fell asleep as soon as they came back tonight.

Vani sat on the sofa, constantly playing with her hair.

Peina hugged her knees and sat on the carpet, with a lifeless look in her eyes.

The two women looked like they had just been raped.Karun knew that this was probably "mental torture". They should be very repulsed by such a place deep down in their hearts and would instinctively feel uncomfortable in that environment, as if someone had cast a spell on them.

Then, Karun was called over to the other side again. The theme for tonight was "movies".

Not to talk about movies, but to watch movies. Ophelia took Karun to a screening room on one of the lower floors of the hotel, and the two sat apart by one seat and watched the entire black and white romantic movie "Roman Holiday".

After the screening ended, it was already 2 a.m. Ophelia and Karun walked out of the screening room together and met three men and three women who had just come out of the opposite screening room. They greeted Ophelia first, and she politely responded.

They probably met at the welcome banquet on the first day.

However, they didn't pay much attention to Karun because Karun was walking alongside Panmir, and according to the rules, even if the protected person was in the hotel, there must be a personal security guard accompanying them whenever they leave their room.

So, there was no need to worry about any rumors spreading to the ears of the grandson of the chief bishop, Mr. Leon.

...

The fourth and fifth days were the same routine.

Finally, at the meeting on the sixth day, Peina and Vani were still asleep, and Karun kept yawning.

After a week of work, and being dragged by Ophelia to chat for nearly two hours every night about things Karun didn't even know what to say or do, Karun's spirits were finally starting to give out.

Just as Karun was about to use a newspaper to block out and fall asleep, applause broke out.

Karun immediately woke up Peina and Vani and had them stand up and applaud.

The meeting finally ended, and in the words of both sides' representatives, the meeting was a complete success.

There were no activities scheduled for the rest of the day, and even the celebration banquet was scheduled for tomorrow night, as both negotiating teams were a bit exhausted and needed to rest.

Karun had a casual lunch and went back to the room to take a shower and go to bed.

Peina and Vani, on the other hand, were like people who had just been released from prison, suddenly filled with passion for life again. The two women sat in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows and started chatting about clothes, bags, and shoes.

They used to not be interested in these things, but this time it was to celebrate their "rebirth".

Karun slept until evening before waking up and seeing a food cart placed in the room. Peina and Vani were already eating.

"Awake?" Vani smiled.

"Yeah."

"The girl across the hall asked you to go over after you woke up," Vani said.

"Okay."After Karun finished washing up, he went to the dining car to get some food, but Peina stopped him and said, "We've already packed the food and prepared it for the captain and the others. You should go to the other side, where there must be better food."

"That's right, that's right," Fanny agreed.

Karun sighed, put down his plate, and left.

"It's been several days already, and every night he goes to the other side," Peina remarked.

"So, initially we thought he was just joking around at the pier, but now it turns out that those who laughed at him are the real joke," Fanny said.

...

Karun arrived at Ophelia's room and found that Panmir and the maid had already left.

"Mr. Karun, the meeting has finally ended. You've worked hard," Ophelia said.

"It's you who worked hard, Miss," Karun replied.

"I have something to discuss with Mr. Karun honestly," Ophelia said.

"Okay."

Karun sat down and looked around. He was surprised to find that there was no dining car here, only tea and ice cubes on the tea table, and no food.

"Mr. Karun is really careful," Ophelia said, taking out a blue pebble from her hand and placing it on the tea table. The next moment, the pebble emitted a light that enveloped the living room of the suite. It was a barrier.

Karun nodded without asking why there was no food. He felt embarrassed to ask after they had already sent a car of food.

"Mr. Karun, what's your real surname?" Ophelia asked.

"Silva."

"Silva, is that really Mr. Karun's real name?"

"Why do you ask, Miss?"

Karun looked calm on the surface and even smiled, but he was silently alert in his heart.

So, was the awkward chat a few nights ago just a prelude to this?

But what kind of tactic was this?

A war of attrition?

"When I first moved into this hotel, I sensed a power nearby that was somehow resonating with me when I was meditating," Ophelia said.

Huh? She sensed it too?

"But at that time, I didn't think much of it. It's normal for different powers to resonate subtly with each other among those who live in the Ankara Hotel.

Until the night of the attack, even though it was from a distance, I still clearly sensed a resonance from my bloodline."

Was it because he used the Darkmoon Blade to kill the dwarf?

Can she sense it from such a distance?

Ophelia reached out and touched the long sword on the tea table. "My feeling may be wrong, but it really responded to the call at that time. It won't be wrong.

Mr. Karun, you were interested in it, right? Well, it's also interested in you.""I'm not sure what you mean, miss."

"My meaning is simple." Ophelia opened her palm, and a blood-red whip appeared in her hand, swaying slightly and emitting a terrifying aura. "This thing, Mr. Karun, is not unfamiliar to you, is it?"

"Is this your ability, miss?"

"Yes, it is a blessing from Dark Moon, a power that my bloodline can possess thanks to Dark Moon. You should possess it too, Mr. Karun."

"Miss is joking. I believe in Order and am a member of the Church. How could I possess the power of a family faith system?"

Just like how Mr. Bede couldn't awaken the bloodline power of the ancestor, Allen, after believing in the Wall God religion.

"No, it's different, Mr. Karun. Do you know why our family faith systems, as well as the bloodthirsty demon and other special family faith systems, are all called special? It's because our bloodline powers are dominant. Unlike other family faith systems, even if we don't believe in our respective ancestors, we still have a chance to obtain corresponding abilities. It's like if both parents are athletes, their children's physique is usually good too. So unlike other family faith systems, once you stop believing in the ancestor, you can no longer receive the ancestor's blessing from your bloodline. Therefore, theoretically, Mr. Karun possessing it does not conflict with your belief in the God of Order."

Karun couldn't help but think of Neo, who also obtained the bloodthirsty demon's regenerative ability.

Is this type of bloodline inheritance really too strong, so strong that it doesn't need to be excavated and is directly dominant inheritance?

It's like a divine beast that can fly. Even if its offspring becomes mediocre, even if it degenerates into a moth, it still has a pair of small wings that can fly.

Is this why special family forces like the bloodthirsty demon and Dark Moon Island are heavily guarded and restricted by the orthodox church? Because relying on this characteristic, they can actually invade and contaminate the church system through non-warfare means. Once there is a bloodthirsty demon or Dark Moon family who believes in the main god within the church, it is definitely a nightmare.

Of course, there should be some kind of restraint and limitation in this, such as once you embark on the path of believing in the god, your own bloodline ability cannot be further developed and improved, otherwise there will be conflicts. Of course, some geniuses may be able to do it.

But even so, priests with dominant basic conditions can gain a certain degree of advantage on the track from the beginning, which is beyond doubt.Therefore, the Order of the Gods is planning to open a mission on Dark Moon Island. This is actually a huge concession. It does not mean that people on Dark Moon Island cannot believe in the God of Order without this mission, but it gives them an official identity.

"Mr. Karun, admit it. You should be able to feel that I have always admired you and have a good impression of you. Although it's not the kind of feeling between men and women, I think we should be considered friends now.

Most importantly, why would I harm a fellow clansman who also has the blood of Dark Moon?"

Blood of Dark Moon?

Clansman?

The problem is, I don't have it.

Karun is very firm on this point because he is from the Inmolei's family, a long-standing judge family within the Order of the Gods.

In his own blood, there must not be any added ingredients. Even if there were, his grandfather would have explained it to him. Moreover, during his process from a divine servant to a divine enlightenment and then to a divine shepherd, he had checked himself repeatedly. There was no such thing as the blood of Dark Moon.

What Karun knows more clearly is that the reason why he can use the Dark Moon Blade is that the light power in his body can be used as a converter.

"In fact, there are other conditions for use, such as the family giving some loyal servants the blood of Dark Moon, allowing them to practice the power of Dark Moon. However, this kind of blood giving cannot be passed on and can only be used by the individual. It cannot be passed on to their descendants.

Mr. Karun has never been to Dark Moon Island, right?"

"No."

"That's it. Mr. Karun's bloodline comes from the inheritance of his ancestors."

Karun fell silent.

Seeing that Karun still refused to admit it, Ophelia smiled and said:

"Of course, there is another possibility, that is, I know that the light power can be converted and simulated into the power of other faiths, but this consumption is very huge. Even the light priests of that year would not do it because after the power conversion, there may be less than half left.

Most importantly, how could I believe that a remnant of light would appear here and become my security personnel? Isn't this the biggest joke in the world?"

Karun also laughed and nodded in agreement.

"Now that everything has been said, Mr. Karun, can you show some sincerity?"

Karun took a deep breath, slowly exhaled, looked at Ophelia, and opened his palm. The next moment, a blood-red power rose in Karun's palm, exactly the same as the one on Ophelia's palm.

Ophelia nodded and said, "No wonder I have always had a good impression of you. I was worried that I might have fallen for you, but it turns out that it's really because of our same bloodline."Immediately, Ophelia's blood-red whip lashed towards Karun, transforming into a sharp sword in the process.

Karun's red whip instantly turned into a curved blade.

"Clang!"

The powers of the same attribute clashed with each other.

Ophelia immediately stopped and the red in her hand dissipated.

"Miss, what do you mean by this?" Karun looked at her seriously.

"I just wanted to confirm that Mr. Karun has indeed practiced the Dark Moon Blade. Not only do you have the Dark Moon bloodline, but you also possess the Dark Moon Blade technique."

"Miss, please finish what you have to say."

"Okay, there are many techniques on Dark Moon Island, but the Dark Moon Blade is the highest-level technique that can maximize the use of Dark Moon power. Even many of our own people do not have the qualifications to practice this technique, let alone comprehend it."

Hearing this, Karun remembered that Puerh had said that because of its decomposition, he was able to skip the lengthy process of watching the Blood Moon every night.

Because Puerh was a genius, it broke down the problem into a formula, allowing Karun to follow the steps easily.

"Dark Moon bloodline, Dark Moon Blade technique, Mr. Karun, you have them all. There's only one explanation left."

What explanation?

Karun was now very interested in this "explanation," as he had not yet figured out how to explain it himself.

"When I asked about the Allen family in the car, you said you had heard of them. At the time, I only thought that you were well-read. It seems that I was mistaken.

To express his love, our ancestor once gave the Dark Moon Blade technique as a gift to Pall Allen. In his autobiography, he explained that even though she couldn't use the technique, only this gift could represent his deep love for her."

Karun thought that if you gave something useful, Puerh wouldn't have been so heartless back then. After all, when the black cat at home ate its own squirrel and mandarin fish, it became very easy to talk to. It's all about having a soft mouth.

The young clan leader gave an unusable gift to the other party just to move himself, it serves him right for being forgotten in the vast sea.

"It turns out that what our ancestor said back then was all lies, lies that deceived us.

Our ancestor didn't give the Dark Moon Blade technique to Miss Pall, but to the child in Miss Pall's belly!"

Ophelia stood up and looked at Karun seriously.

"Mr. Karun, you are the descendant of Miss Pall!"

"... " Karun.

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There will only be one update tonight. I need to pause and organize my thoughts. Hold on tight, everyone. Good night!

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