(Temple of The Varion Church)

(Non-public Research Room)

Evening had fallen. The sky was nothing greater than a terrifying void of darkness populated by 1000’s of flickering stars.

Claire sat silently on a chair and browsed via the paperwork on the desk in entrance of her.

The roaring hearth within the nook of the room offered a dim lighting that made it potential to see the studies.

Claire’s golden eyes gleamed with rage as she learn via the ledger record that Father Simon had saved in his non-public research.

The extent of the church’s corruption and depravity was far past what she may have ever imagined.

Bribes, smuggling, medication, prostitution… and extra…

These have been simply a few of the worst offenses on the record.

Father Simon had shaped connections with all the foremost crime households to be able to be certain that his unlawful companies continued to flourish.

Claire let loose a heavy sigh as she gently positioned her fingers on the desk and considered what to do subsequent.

The remaining members of the church have been locked up within the basement.

It was not that Claire was feeling merciful however relatively she wished to interrogate them for extra info.

Nobody was harmless right here.

The monks and nuns who entered the banquet corridor didn’t appear stunned once they noticed the half-naked kids with scars on their our bodies.

Whether or not they instantly participated or silently pretended to not discover didn’t make a distinction.

Evil was evil.

Claire knew that her considering was slowly morphing into the extremes.

It was not from the affect of the unique Claire’s recollections however relatively a facet impact of utilizing the newfound energy that flowed via her physique.

However may she afford to not use it?

This metropolis was a harmful place and energy was the one factor that mattered.

Claire may really feel the barrier that prevented her from turning into a tier one knight slowly loosen the extra she killed those that betrayed the church.

Tier one knight could possibly be categorized as superhumans.

Their our bodies would turn into impervious to regular assaults whether or not by arrows or by blades.

Excessive reflexes, velocity, therapeutic and enhanced energy have been simply a few of the skills that they possessed.

A legion of tons of of tier two knights can be nothing however cannon fodder when confronted with such a powerhouse.

But it surely was not simple to succeed in that stage.

The variety of energetic tier one knights within the continent could possibly be counted on each fingers.

Claire rubbed her temples and flipped one other web page.

“You son of a bitc…” Claire’s voice trailed off in shock as she noticed the knowledge on the sheet of parchment paper.

It was a listing.

Father Simon had recorded the names of each visitor who had visited the church inside the final 5 years.

The record included a minimum of 100 names and a lot of the people belonged to varied underworld forces within the metropolis.

Sinners… sinners… THEY WERE ALL SINNERS!

Claire shrieked in agony as a fierce burst of ache erupted in her thoughts.

Her golden eyes shone with an eerie mild as two giant translucent wings sprouted out from behind her again.

The holy knight fell to the ground and convulsed as muscle spasms ravaged her physique.

The ache was not like something that Claire had ever skilled earlier than, and it felt as if somebody was burning her soul.

“Cease… cease…” Claire hoarsely groaned as she tried to seize the leg of the chair to assist herself.

Her fingers trembled as she grabbed onto the chair’s leg and tried to cease her physique from uncontrollably shaking.

Claire closed her eyes and bit her lip in an effort to cease herself from screaming out on the prime of her lungs.

It harm… it harm a lot…

She fell into an odd state the place her thoughts tried to fall unconscious, however the sharp bursts of ache saved deliver her again to sanity.

Lastly, after what appeared like an eternity, the pounding headache inside her thoughts slowly disappeared and he or she may assume as soon as extra.

Claire opened her eyes and found that a lot of the room was now fully destroyed.

All of the pages and paperwork have been scattered throughout the ground and the desk and chair had collapsed.

“What was that?” Claire whispered to herself as she summoned the final reserves of energy in her physique and tried to face up.

She did not discover on the time, however her physique felt loads lighter and extra highly effective than typical.

Claire’s eyes burned for a second after which one thing magical occurred.

She may see dozens if not tons of of tiny golden threads flowing out from her physique and travelling off in numerous instructions.

It was an odd sight that triggered Claire to freeze in place.

The holy knight cautiously reached out and touched one of many threads with hesitant actions.

The picture of a good-looking middle-aged man at present smoking a cigar inside what seemed to be a brothel appeared in her thoughts.

One way or the other Claire may robotically inform how distant this brothel was and the title of the person in her imaginative and prescient.

His title Martin Bruno.

She loosened her grip on the golden thread and the mysterious picture disappeared from her thoughts.

Claire waited for a couple of minutes to guarantee that there weren’t any harmful unwanted side effects after which touched one other thread.

This title she noticed a seductive girl in her early thirties with a plump voluptuous determine and two large mountains that swayed hypnotically backward and forward.

She wore an attractive pink lingerie set and was at present swimming in a pool exterior a two-story white mansion.

Her title was Lilian Ward.

Claire continued to experiment with these golden threads and shortly she noticed extra faces and details about individuals whom she had by no means met.

Some have been outdated. Others have been younger.

Ugly and exquisite. Tall and quick.

The one commonality was that all of them appeared to be pretty properly off.

Wait a minute… the place had she seen these names earlier than?

Claire furrowed her brows as a sudden concept popped into her head. She hurried over to the items of paper scattered throughout the ground and regarded for the one with the record.

It was hidden behind a stack close to the destroyed chair.

Claire shortly picked it up and scanned the record of names.

What the….

Most people who have been related to the golden threads have been people whose names have been written down on the record.

As for those that weren’t, Claire had a sneaking suspicion that maybe their names can be on the data saved that spanned a time period past 5 years.

“The flexibility to search out those that used the church to do evil?” Claire muttered severely.

She felt a robust need move via her thoughts and her physique began to maneuver like a puppet dancing on a string.

The holy knight unsheathed her longsword as a hint of killing intent leaked out of her physique.

An incredible stress descended on the classroom and cracks started to kind on the bottom.

Claire’s eyes shone with purity and righteousness as she jumped out of the window and the 2 wings on her again unfurled to carry her up into the skies.

It was time for a hunt.