The days of waiting are long and arduous.
Time passed day by day amidst anxiety, tension and anticipation, and the high priest finally welcomed the arrival of the church evaluation team from the Crescent Diocese.
After these days of preparation, he had almost taken care of everything. Even the various strange phenomena of Bold were suppressed one by one through the tacit cooperation between him and the old duke.
Speaking of which, this is also thanks to the God of Darkness, who was obviously hostile to the Blood Demon Cult, who solved the Blood Demon Cult's troubles and allowed him to cleverly take the credit for himself.
He really did a lot of preparation.
For safety reasons, he even put aside the little beauty from the Castel family for the time being.
Next, as long as the high priest himself can pass the church's questioning test, he will be able to completely get rid of this crisis.
What happened in Bolder could not be hidden from the investigation of the legend, but if one wanted to hide it from a Blazing Sun Priest... if there was the secret help of the gods, the High Priest would still have some confidence.
Of course, he also prepared for the worst.
He had already turned off the cathedral's holy emblem protection in advance and also carried with him an advanced magic scroll for directional teleportation. Once he found something wrong, he would escape decisively.
That is the worst case scenario, and if possible, the high priest hopes it will never happen.
But if it really appears, he will then have no choice but to completely surrender to the mysterious God of Darkness.
I have been praying to the God of Darkness frequently these days. Not only do I hope to receive his protection during the assessment, I am also preparing for the worst-case scenario.
Melodious bells rang out from the church's bell tower, and accompanied by flying dust, a huge team appeared outside the city of Boulder.
It was an evaluation panel composed of trial knights and church priests.
The entire team consisted of more than a hundred people, and they drove into the city of Bolder in a mighty manner. The high priest Lanas brought the priests of Bolder to personally greet them at the city gate.
The leader of the assessment team is named Gast, a senior dukedom chief priest of common origin, deeply blessed by God, and only one step away from becoming a legend.
He is also one of the three duke-level theocratic lords of the Crescent Kingdom, ruling the theocratic duchy of Atlantis in the central part of the Crescent Kingdom, and is also known as the High Priest of Atlantis.
The high priest immediately saw the high priest Atlantis surrounded by other priests.
As a high-ranking clergyman of the Holy Royal Court, he was already able to know in advance a lot of intelligence about the high-level deployments of the church. He knew that Archbishop Atlantis had long been valued by the College of Cardinals and would soon be recalled to the Theocracy to receive the test of divine grace.
Once he passes the test, he will be officially promoted to the high priest with legendary power, resign from the position of high priest of the Principality of Atlantis, and join the College of Cardinals.
The position of chief priest that High Priest Lainas will compete for in the future actually belongs to Prince Atlantis!
Thinking of this, the high priest took a deep breath, put on a friendly and decent smile, came to the head priest of Atlantis, and said enthusiastically:
"Praise be to the Holy Spirit! Lord Gast, welcome to Boulder!"
The chief priest of Atlantis was a tall old man with gray hair and a serious face.
He had no reaction to the high priest's overtures. He just gave him a cold look and headed towards the cathedral with the members of the evaluation team.
The high priest's smile suddenly froze on his face.
Although High Priest Atlantis is a vassal of the theocracy who rules the principality, in terms of rank, he is actually at the same level as High Priest Lennas.
Both of them belong to the duke level, and at most the other is half a level higher than him because of his status as the chief priest, which is a bit similar to the court titles and fiefdom titles among the nobility.
When priests of the same rank meet, they are cold and indifferent, not even saying hello. This is not normal, even for the chief examiner who is impartial.
The high priest felt that there was something wrong with the attitude of High Priest Atlantis, but he couldn't figure out how he had offended him.
But no matter what, as the chief examiner for his candidacy for the position of high priest, he must manage his relationships well.
Maintaining a stiff smile, the high priest turned around and followed the evaluation team.
He came to the side of the high priest of Atlantis and enthusiastically introduced the customs and church situation of Boulder.
But High Priest Atlantis remained expressionless and unmoved, which made the high priest quite embarrassed.
If the other two deputy examiners of the evaluation team had not continued his conversation from time to time, the high priest really felt that he would soon be unable to bear this serious, awkward and cold atmosphere.
unusual!
Absolutely not normal!
Even though the church forbids the chief examiner from having too much in-depth communication with the priest being examined, the attitude of Priest Atlantis is too abnormal!
The high priest just felt more and more irritated.
The review team hasn't even started investigating Polder's situation yet, but this attitude has already appeared. Could it be that... the parish has discovered something
The high priest felt a little depressed.
But when he thought about it carefully, he felt that he had filled all the loopholes, and there seemed to be no loopholes left.
Even if there is, it is the fault of the resurrected evil god.
But he also had the merit of "uprooting the Blood Demon Cult" and deifying the future Caster.
These are all his advantages.
Not to mention, he also has the secret protection of the God of Darkness.
The high priest suppressed his uneasiness, continued to smile, and chatted and laughed with the members of the evaluation team, and just like that they returned to the cathedral in Boulder.
The chief examiner, Priest Atlantis, entered the church first and naturally stood on the high platform in the hall.
The trial knights who followed the evaluation team also stood on both sides with solemn expressions.
The high priest was also a little nervous.
He knew that, according to convention, the evaluation team would then read out the church's evaluation documents and related procedures.
As if to verify his judgment, after Bishop Atlantis stood up, a priest quickly and respectfully handed him the parchment scroll.
However, when the high priest saw the parchment scroll, he was suddenly stunned.
The cover of the parchment scroll... was not the gold color used by the church to issue ordinary official documents, but an ominous black color.
Black official documents are only used within the Holy Royal Court for suspension, investigation, punishment or arrest.
A creaking sound came from behind, and the high priest noticed that the Knights of Inquisition had directly closed the door of the cathedral and locked it from the inside.
As for the other two deputy examiners who also had the strength of the third level of Chiyang, they were already standing behind him, one on the left and one on the right, and seemed ready to take action at any time.
not good!
The high priest's expression changed slightly.
At the same time, the chief priest of Atlantis on the high platform also opened the black parchment scroll and read out in a serious tone:
"According to the real-name report, the Holy Royal Court's Bolde branch's High Priest, Lainas, colluded with the Blood Demon Cult and murdered civilians. The evidence is irrefutable..."
After saying this, he put down the parchment and looked at the high priest coldly:
"Mr. Linus, you are under arrest."