Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1286: 1258 Blood Saint

Chapter 1286 1258. Blood Saint

"Come with me."

Mark tilted his head at Lan En and motioned to follow him.

The two people's boots stepped on the stone steps, making a 'click-click' sound as the hard soles collided.

The door of the research hall is not small. It does not look like a combination of a research institute and a hospital, but more like a cathedral.

But in Yanan, a city that integrates politics, education, research and medicine, there is nothing wrong with this trait.

Mark took Lan En up the steps and entered the door, and placed his large suitcase against the wall in the hallway.

He waved his hand in a small and subtle motion.

He spent the whole afternoon carrying boxes and guiding strangers to familiarize themselves with the main streets of Yanan. Although he was already a hunter by profession, his fingers were still sore.

After putting the suitcase away, he led Lan En inside.

The lighting in the research hall is very poor, and although there are many kerosene lamps installed, the single lighting range is not ideal.

Therefore, the interior of the entire large building turned into a large area of ??darkness, with an occasional dim yellow light spot lighting up.

The lighting problem makes the numerous bookshelves and numerous collections of books here lose the calmness of knowledge and instead look strange.

And a strange smell filled the whole space. Is it the smell of natural medicine? Or is it the taste of preparations refined by chemical means? Or is it the smell of some kind of bodily fluid in a living thing?

In short, this strange smell is mixed together, very profound

The gloomy atmosphere of this place made Lan En frown.

If any hospital is really decorated in this style, it will really be too optimistic for patients during the treatment process.

When you first enter, there is a sunken square pool on the ground floor of the research hall.

But there is no water in the water-spray sculpture in the middle, and the water in the pool has long since dried up.

There are many people coming and going, and most of them are busy. Most of them are clergy wearing uniforms similar to Mark's. They seem to be responsible for the operation of this research hall and research.

A small number of them were wearing regular clothes and were probably servants.

"This is the forefront of our research on gray blood disease." Mark said as he led Lan En through the crowd and walked inside. "But because of this, the management style is different from those of clinic-style medical hospitals."

Mark pointed to the upper level of the research hall with a small movement.

Lan En also looked up.

A descendant of Sumeru, wearing a gray coat, about the same height as him, and with a face as pale as death, was standing at the top of the stairs holding a cane and a lantern.

It seems that he is acting as a guard.

"You can't move around here like other medical hospitals, but since this is what you asked for, I just hope you can pay attention to yourself and don't make mistakes."

"These Sumeru descendants only recognize a few church leaders or certain tokens. They are very rigid. Don't expect them to have any human touch."

As he said that, Mark seemed to be searching among the busy people of all kinds and found his target, so he simply took Lan En and passed by several people.

"Adeline!"

Mark raised his hand and slightly increased the volume, causing the target person not far away to turn his head.

It was a woman with blond hair and wearing a uniform no different from that of a clergy member of the Healing Church.

But she is obviously not a clergyman, because she does not have that sense of darkness and depth.

Before she turned her head, she seemed to be giving directions to a servant who was confused by the spiral staircase up and down the research hall.

"mark?"

Adeline's voice was full of confusion and surprise, obviously she didn't expect Mark to come to her.

After briefly recounting the route to the lost people around her, she turned around and walked towards Mark and Lan En.

"Why did you come to me? What's the matter?"

Adeline looked cheerful, as if she was happy to have someone to do something for her. Mark, on the other hand, looked the same as always.

"I think you are probably the only one here who is in the mood to do a favor that has nothing to do with you, Adeline."

He briefly talked about Lan En's situation, and extended his hand to introduce the tall man behind him who was looking around the research hall.

"Stranger, do you want to become a hunter in Yanan?"

After hearing the situation, Adeline watched Lan En nod frequently and burst into a bright smile.

This smile is so bright that it can almost be called 'dazzling' in Yanan.

"Thank you, Mark! You thought of asking me to help when you needed it. Don't worry, I will take this gentleman to learn about our Healing Church."

"When the time comes, he will definitely join us!"

Mark nodded calmly, just like Henryk. Although he came to ask for help, his expression and demeanor did not make people feel that they had a deep friendship.

Mark put on the hood behind his uniform and prepared to leave the research hall, carrying his suitcase to the church hunter's house.

But when he turned around and walked to the edge of the pool in the research hall, he seemed to remember something, stepped on the stone floor and turned back, standing in front of Adeline.

"He has only arrived in Yanan a few days ago. Please don't let him go too far alone. He may get lost."

He spoke to Adeline seriously and carefully.

After finishing speaking, he held the brim of his hat and nodded slightly towards Lan En with a calm face. "Goodbye, Lan. I hope you see what you want to see here."

Then, without waiting for Lan En's response, he turned around and left without any delay.

The same clergy uniforms gradually blended in and became unrecognizable among the people coming and going.

Only Lan En could recognize it. Under the same gloomy uniform robe, he did feel Mark's enthusiasm and help under the indifferent appearance.

Adeline looked very happy.

"Hello!" She said to Lan En with some excitement, "I am the Blood Saint of the Healing Church, Adeline. Do you want to know about the philosophy and medical technology of the Healing Church?"

"This is great! I can explain it to you slowly, and you will definitely understand us, and we are in need of manpower now."

Unlike the clergy in the research hall, Adeline greeted Lan En with a smile.

Among the clergy who looked similar to Mark's indifference, this cheerful smile was very different.

The Blood Saint. The Demon Hunter asked Mentos in his mind to retrieve the information.

That was the basic information he got from a chat while having dinner at Gascoigne's house, and he later went through his own exploration and correction.

The source of the sacred blood of the Yanan Healing Church is the blood of the ancient gods, but the blood of the corpses of the ancient gods is limited and too strong.

Therefore, in order to possess this blood for a long time, the Healing Church will select qualified women as [Blood Saints].

Some sacred blood was used as inducement, injected into their bodies, and then through systematic training and cultivation, the quality of their blood was greatly improved.

Become a new source of holy blood.

"But it seems to me that you are different from others."

Lan En tilted his head and spoke softly.

"Mark came to you for help, but you happily thanked him, which made me a little confused."

"I just want to help others and help the church." Adeline pursed her lips and apologized awkwardly, "Does this bother you?"

"No." The demon hunter scratched his head with his fingers, "I don't know how other people in Yanan feel, but I feel good about being able to get help here."

"Ah, that's great!" Adeline held each other's hands in front of her chest, looking relieved.

The strange smell of medicine came from the research hall.

Lan En noticed that whenever they passed several cabinets, the smell would suddenly become stronger.

In the cupboards placed against the wall are large glass bottles with some weird and messy biological organs soaked in liquid.

Even with Lan En's biological knowledge, there are many organs that cannot be distinguished from what body.

Is it some species unique to Yharnam that is not within his knowledge system, or is it a normal organ that has been completely deformed for some reason and cannot be recognized?

These two speculations actually already have tendencies in Lan En's mind.

“If you want to treat life deeply, you must first study life deeply.”

Adeline also noticed that Lan En didn't do much to conceal his movements, and pointed at the passing cabinets.

"Although it seems strange, the clergy say that this is a necessary process for studying life. It is precious knowledge!"

Some clergymen with dull faces hurried past the two of them, their indifference like a mask that couldn't be taken off their faces.

Adeline smiled and nodded at each of them, but received no response.

These clergy seem to only have their own destination in mind, or the books and records in their hands.

To be honest, Lan En regards these people who healed the church as more like ‘scholars’ than ‘clergymen’.

They don't believe in anything, they just study something.

“I can understand the significance of anatomy and biological samples.”

Lan En used his observation skills and the recording function of Mentos to absorb various information and intelligence in the research hall, while talking to Adeline fluently and naturally.

"Are these gray-white tissues taken from gray blood patients?"

When passing a cabinet, Lan En stopped and tilted his head towards the cabinet to signal Adeline.

The Saint of Blood nodded and muttered in a serious tone: "Because the blood turned gray, the tissues throughout the capillaries were also stained gray-white. These organs are evidence that gray blood disease has progressed to a deep level."

After saying that, she smiled sheepishly.

"This is what the clergy told me. I don't really understand it. I just follow it."

"But you are so keen, do you also know medical knowledge?"

Lan En just smiled softly and said nothing.

But his eyes only looked deeply at the 'organs of patients with severe gray blood disease' in the glass bottle, and then looked away as if nothing had happened.

Adeline continued to take Lan En around the first floor of the research hall, and introduced to him the "healing church in her mind", hoping that this foreign hunter could join in when the church is in need of people.

(End of chapter)