Since the three could see the Church ahead, it was time for a slight change of plans. There were a few church members that were outside, but since this wasn't located in the major part of the village, there looked to be few members that were going in and out.
"We can do things a bit differently this time," Safa suggested. "We know the Rylon Religion is up to no good. I doubt that it was a one-off considering the linked deaths here as well."
Using her god eyes, even from this distance she could see a vast amount of mana coming off from the building.
"What we do know is they have to use those strange vials to use magic, so let's try to get them before they can do that. But be careful—we know that the Lux spear I have was from the religion as well, so there's a good chance that they could have other weapons as well."
"Alright, but how are we going to sneak up and into the building then?" Liam asked.
Safa pulled out her spear and swung it in a circular motion.
"I can use light magic to cause a reflective effect. As long as we move slowly and are in the sunlight, we will practically be invisible to them."
The spell had been cast, and Safa needed to keep a constant flow of magic to use the spell. It wasn't too much of a problem for her though, since her special circumstances allowed her to essentially meditate and draw in constant mana and Qi as she moved.
The amount of mana she would take up using the spell and regain was essentially the same, so it was perfect for them.
"Wow, this is amazing!" Liam whispered. "We're practically walking right by them, and they can't see us at all. Right now I just want to kick them in the balls or something."
"Will you shut up!" Simyon whispered aggressively. "Although they can't see us, they can still hear us."
Thankfully, the group weren't talking or close enough for the people to hear them, and they eventually made it until they were around the right back side corner of the large church-like building.
Standing in the shadow of the building, the spell would no longer work.
"Alright, let's climb this and enter from above. We should be able to stay hidden…and let's take them out silently, but we need to make sure to keep one of them alive—we need answers." Safa wanted to correct her own words; it wasn't **we**, it was **her**.
She wasn't doing this to be some hero of justice saving people from the Rylon Religion. Otherwise, they would have traveled to several other churches in the other Dark Faction cities.
Maybe Safa could have informed Rayna to do the same to them as they had done to the churches. She was doing this because she needed to find out the truth and she felt like she was so close.
As powerful Pagna warriors, climbing the jagged-shaped church was relatively easy. They would only need a small point that was sticking out to lift their bodies up and ascend the side of the church.
When they had reached the very top, there was a balcony of sorts linked to the outside, along with a door. Liam walked forward and broke it with ease, and in a way that made practically no noise.
As they moved into the building, they now could see everything from above. They could see the familiar large reception hall, but it was several feet down to the bottom.
All three of them kept hunched up and decided to split up. While Simyon and Liam walked around the edge of the balcony observing the situation, Safa took a different tact; she waited for the right time when no one was looking and dropped down onto the ground.
She saw one of the orange-robed men walking down the hallway, and she had decided to keep up with him.
She continued to follow the man going to who knows what.
Seeing this, Liam quickly hurried to where Simyon was making a complete circuit of the balcony that went around the main area of the room.
"Hey, she's gone off on her own. I thought we would try and take out everyone in this room first," Liam whispered. "Should we follow her, see if everything's alright?"
"Let's just wait and see. If she isn't caught or there's no trouble, then we will continue and take on the others as well," Simyon said.
It was a strange feeling, attacking people from the shadows rather than head-on. It wasn't what they were used to, but they understood why it was necessary in this situation.
It was at the same time, though, that just outside of the Church, two individuals were walking up and appearing.
"So this is the place, kid?" Anna asked.
"That's right, they took Charlotte. She has to be in there—all of them…they all used these strange powers to attack us, you have to help her," Sunder said.
There was one reason why Sunder went on to trust this stranger he had met. When Anna had asked him about the missing girl that she knew, she had said **orange hair**.
Sunder had seen Charlotte with her orange hair rather than black. He imagined it was something that few people knew. At first, he was reluctant due to the people that were after Charlotte—she seemed to be on the run of sorts.
In the end though, she was already captured, so why not at least give it a chance.
Back inside the Church itself, Safa had continued to follow one of the orange-robed men who took a turn and went inside his room. He had gone to close the door by just pushing it behind him, but Safa had grabbed it before it shut.
Not hearing the familiar bang, the man had turned around and saw Safa. She lunged forward at that point and was ready to stab him with her spear.
"Safa…" the man said, frightened and startled, moving back.
Safa quickly closed the door behind her and continued to move.
"How…how do you know my name?" Safa asked.
"Of course I know your name," the man said. "Your brother…Raze, right? He would talk about you all the time."