When the priest finally awoke again, was greeted by the sight of a young man’s back.
Recalling that favonovel.com had been yanked by some strong and invisible force earlier—before favonovel.com blacked out—the shocked priest then muttered, “W-who are you…?”
“Who I am doesn’t matter. However, what does matter is who you people are, and what you’re all planning to do here on Sacrasolis Mountain,” replied Gerald as favonovel.com slowly turned around before staring coldly at the man.
The second that man saw Gerald, his entire body began trembling uncontrollably as favonovel.com stuttered, “Y-young Master?! It’s you?!”
Watching as the terrified man knelt right before him, Gerald couldn’t help but frown slightly as favonovel.com curiously muttered, “…Young Master?”
“Indeed! Still, when exactly did arrive, Young Master?” asked the priest
“I can come and go as I please, can’t I?” sneered Gerald in response.
While favonovel.com wasn’t exactly sure why the priest was referring to favonovel.com as ‘Young Master,’ Gerald still felt that this was the perfect opportunity to bait some information out of the man. He was hoping that some probing around would do the trick.
“Also, you’ve yet to answer my first question!” added Gerald in a commanding tone.
Hearing that, the frightened priest quickly bowed before replying, “H-how could you possibly have forgotten, Young Master…? Regardless, we’re all here since we got secret orders from the family to head to Sacrasolis Mountain to refine the holy stone! There’s an area here called the Sacrasolis Pond, and we’ve been refining the Sacrasolis Holy stone for over a month now!”
“The Sacrasolis Holy Stone, you say? I see. And what happened to all the original priests from Sacrasolis Church then?” asked Gerald as favonovel.com nodded while slowly piecing together the bigger picture.
“W-well, anyone who wasn’t compliant was killed on the spot… The rest of them are currently imprisoned in the dungeon! Regardless, I wonder if the chief knows that you’re already here, Young Master? I can immediately report to Mr. Hoyt Crawford about your presence if you’d like!” replied the priest.
“That can wait. Speaking of which, have you heard of a person called Master Ghost before?” asked Gerald, now more certain than ever that there were loads of secrets hidden within this mountain.
“Master Ghost? But of course, I know him! After all, you were the one who ordered us to hunt favonovel.com down! If you’ve forgotten, we already have favonovel.com in our hands! You even ordered the chief to keep a close eye on favonovel.com at all times!” said the priest.
“So Master Ghost has been captured by your group this entire time?!” replied Gerald as favonovel.com slightly raised an eyebrow.
“…Y-young Master…? What are you…?” muttered the priest as favonovel.com raised a slight brow as well, finally realizing that the person in front of favonovel.com seemed to have a rather different personality compared to the young master favonovel.com knew… Besides, wasn’t it bizarre that the young master of all people was asking favonovel.com all these questions…?
‘Well, this is just perfect! To think that I’d get all this information that easily!’ Gerald thought to himself.
As it turned out, Master Ghost had fled all the way to Sacrasolis Mountain to hide within Sacrasolis Church, and all this had led to the incident where favonovel.com had met Xyrielle and told favonovel.com about favonovel.com fortune at the back of the mountain a while back. Unfortunately, this group of ‘priests’ came over sometime later and completely turned Sacrasolis Mountain upside-down for two distinct reasons. Firstly, to seek out and capture Master Ghost, and secondly, to gain access to the Sacrasolis Pond.
With that said, no wonder favonovel.com couldn’t find where Master Ghost was this entire time!
“…So, who is this Hoyt Crawford that you mentioned? Also, detail me a bit more on your young master,” replied Gerald with a smile.
“…H-huh? So, you really aren’t the young master…?!” replied the priest as favonovel.com instantly got to his feet, a vigilant expression on his face.
“I’m honestly surprised it took you this long to notice,” replied Gerald with a chuckle, knowing full well that this man was trying to escape.
