Da-da-da, the dilapidated door was knocked hard. Several anxious-looking soldiers in leather and cotton armor were standing in front of the church, constantly smashing the dilapidated wooden door. Ka Ka Ka, only to hear a series of sounds, Paladin seems to have just woken up wearing a priest's black robe and opened the door. As soon as he saw a few guards who looked worried and anxious, Paladin frowned suspiciously and said, "Are you here to pray or to repent?"
The leading guard was unable to speak in a hurry, so he stepped forward and pulled Paladin out with one hand and left. He kept explaining: "Father, please forgive our rudeness! It's really important!" Being dragged away by the five and three thick men, Paladin felt uncomfortable. Throwing away the guard with a flick of his hand, he frowned and pretended to be angry: "No matter what happens, I can't stop me from worshipping the great god! Do you know what a great blasphemy it is if you don't pray in the morning?"
The guard looked like you're going to kill me, and he didn't dare to pull Paladin forcibly any more, and pleaded bitterly: "Father, something happened to Prader's shop! The captain of the guard asked me to take you to see it. , that only you can understand!"
The words have been made more straightforward. What the priest only understands is heresy, apart from healing. Paladin, who knew the truth, made a sudden realization, and immediately pulled the guard back seriously and walked quickly to the place of the shop.
The guard was speechless. In fact, he dared not say it. If it is heard by pedestrians on the road, it may cause a big disturbance. So just like that, Paladin and several guards rushed to the scene of the crime.
Passing through the crowd guarding the shop, Paladin and a few guards just walked in when they saw a big man with a big yellow beard, wearing chain armor and a hammer on his waist, watching all this solemnly. Look at the two skeletons on the ground. Xu was the footsteps of Paladin awakening the captain, who was startled. When he saw the person coming, he clearly showed a relieved expression, and immediately waved his hands and said, "Go out, I want to talk to the priest for a while."
Seeing those soldiers nodding and leaving one after another, Paladin looked at the two skeletons on the ground and jumped up in fright! With an ugly face, he said in fear, "Captain, what's going on here!"
Come to think of it, a noble child in brocade clothes and jade food, where have you seen such a dead person? The captain of the guard, who thought so, smirked and said: "Father, you are a local priest. Logically speaking, Nuerba's murder should be the responsibility of us mercenaries and private soldiers, but you also see Here, the Prader couple, who went out to pick up business yesterday, are now lying on the ground as bones. Even their two-month-old baby was brutally murdered. Obviously not something ordinary people do! So we want to ask Are you related to the dark wizard?"
The captain of the guard asked cautiously, still very worried. Although the person in front of him is just a priest, the other party is also a nobleman, and there is the support of the Holy See behind him. What's more, things involving dark wizards are too sensitive. If you say badly, you will be implicated.
However, he said that the captain of the guard was cautious, and Paladin's face was stunned, but he muttered to himself: "It turns out that they are just waste materials such as private soldiers and mercenaries, so I don't have to worry too much. Just dismiss it."
A slight smile appeared on the corner of Paladin's mouth. In fact, the town of Nuerba is a domain called the Torch Count. Not only Nuerba, but the ten nearby villages, two towns, and a city named Edli belonged to the earl's domain. In the past, it was his territory, and he could only send private soldiers under his own name to guard it.
However, the Principality of Kasmi has serious restrictions on the private soldiers of the nobles, so the Torch Earl can only recruit a thousand private soldiers. Any one more is a charge of rebellion. Fortunately, there are mercenaries in this world who are willing to wield knives for money, so the Earl can place soldiers in his territory, and his real power does not need to be too scattered. Therefore, Paladin has no worries. A mercenary who only knows gold coins and women is too fooled.
I saw Paladin slightly calmed down his panicked expression, directly ignoring the captain of the guard next to him, stepped forward a few steps with a dignified face, and squatted down. "Father, Father, have you seen anything?" the captain of the guard asked eagerly. He came to be the captain of the guard just to settle down and not have to live a life of blood on the knife's edge all day long. Who would have thought such an unfortunate thing would happen.
Just as the captain of the guard lamented in his heart, he suddenly saw Paladin's expression suddenly shocked. Immediately jumped away and stepped back, quickly crossed his chest with his hands, and said with a pious face: "Great, omniscient and almighty Lord! My father, my mother. Your humble servant asks you to drop the holy light, which will crawl on the The evil of darkness is banished. Shout out your holy name, Inos! Bless me!" He took out holy water from his sleeve and sprinkled it all around. And start praying with the cross on his chest.
"Father, what's the matter!" The captain of the guard asked eagerly until Paladin stopped praying. Paladin put down the cross solemnly, turned his head and said solemnly what the captain of the guard didn't want to hear: "Captain, indeed, it is the work of the dark wizard. There are dark wizards nearby, I must report to the Holy See and send The executive officer of the tribunal will deal with it." "What!"
As soon as Paladin's voice fell, the captain of the guard shouted in shock. Then he found that his voice was too loud, and after looking outside and seeing that no one was paying attention, he pulled Paladin with one hand to a corner, and with an anxious face and a flattering plea, "Father, you are the priest of this town, and you will be the one in the future. Godfather of all the children in town. You don't want to see this beautiful place destroyed by the people of the Inquisition."
The captain of the guard understands that Earl Torch doesn't care how many civilians die, but once the executive officer of the Inquisition comes, the taste will change. In his rage, the Count would not mind taking a mercenary as a scapegoat. So the captain of the guard really doesn't want Paladin to report, because he is not only about his own future, but also his own life and family!
Paladin naturally understood the thoughts of the captain of the guard. Seeing this, he pretended to be angry and rebuked: "Captain! Pay attention to your words and deeds! You are blatantly slandering the Inquisition in front of the clergy!"
"Uh, Father, you have misunderstood. Of course, the Inquisition is for God to eradicate evil heresies for justice, but if it indirectly destroys the lives of the people, it is not good." I secretly muttered to myself that Paladin was wrong, but a sincere smile appeared on his face.
Paladin secretly laughed, let alone this captain, even if he forced himself to report with a knife, he would not report it. But after thinking about it, although I won't report it, I should get some benefits anyway.
Thinking of this, Paladin's heart moved, and Lu looked indignant. Walking in the depths of the dark corner, he said angrily: "Although Your Excellency is right, it is not good to destroy the lives of the people. It is indeed not the Holy See's original intention. But you can't let dark wizards refine evil magic! This is absolutely not allowed!"