Seeing this beautiful girl, Nadette narrowed his eyes.
Paladins... As a very special 'unit' in the Temple of Light, they have a lot of power. It is their basic right to expel believers below the position of archbishop, and they even have the arbitrary right to judge heretics, gather believers, launch regional wars, and so on.
It can be said that they are essentially "false" popes or "false" saints who are very, very capable, with slightly reduced power.
Looking at the gorgeous silver armor, and looking at the other party's pretty face that seemed to be emitting a faint light, Nadette immediately believed that the other party was indeed a paladin.
The cavalry who formed the encirclement obviously began to support. As French people, they knew very well what the appearance of the paladins represented. This is already a war among the agents of the gods, ordinary people like them, it is best not to intervene.
"May I excuse myself?"
Facing Ronald, the heretic arbitrator, Nadette dared to threaten to kill him. But facing this petite, but beautiful and lovely girl in front of him, Nadette couldn't give birth to the slightest resistance.
Everyone knows that the most loyal to the goddess of light is not the pope or the saint, but the paladins. They are also the strongest in the entire Temple of Light. Not even the pope can defeat the weakest of the paladins.
Every paladin has truly heard the voice of the goddess and received the blessing of the goddess. Only then did he become a paladin. The goddess looked at them more than the pope and the saint.
The girl was carrying a large white flowing sword without sheath on her back. She nodded and said, "It is your basic right to allow you to justify yourself."
Nadette calmed down, and said slowly: "Your Excellency the paladin, according to Ronald's confession, those female church members were all killed by very cruel means. This must be related to men, and my daughter It’s a young girl, putting their deaths on Lux’s body is a joke in itself. Your Excellency the Paladin, this is not something difficult to judge.”
The maiden paladin shook her head slightly: "Indeed, your daughter Lacus did not do it herself, but she was the mastermind behind the scenes! Every female church member who died was your daughter who sent someone to catch them. Then send it somewhere to be insulted by men, and then kill it and dump it in the river."
Nadette's face turned pale: "This is impossible."
The paladin girl stretched out her jade finger and tapped lightly in front of her, a ball of light was created out of thin air.
"This is Power Words. I can swear in the name of the goddess, there is nothing false about what I just said."
Nadette took two steps back. If his face was a little pale just now, it is completely bloodless now.
Even the use of power words is enough to show that the paladin has thoroughly investigated this matter. Nadette didn't expect her daughter to do such a thing under his nose... Was it really because she was too pampered
Now it was too late to regret, Nadette subconsciously grasped the weapon in his hand, and asked, "I am expelled from the religion, so what is Lux's sentence?"
"The lives of six female church members are gone, and one of them was trained as a bishop of a certain church, and she died so tragically that she must die." The paladin girl spoke softly, but she had a There was an involuntary sense of doubt: "You don't go to find her anymore. After a while, I will send someone to bring her ashes back to you."
"you dare!"
As soon as he heard that the paladin girl wanted to kill his daughter, Nadette became anxious immediately, and shouted to the surrounding cavalry: "Surround them, if they dare to leave, shoot them to death."
And yet... only half the cavalry moved forward.
The Kingdom of France is the stronghold of the Light God Sect. Although the Light God Sect seldom interferes in politics, their influence is everywhere. Even Nadette himself is a believer in the Goddess of Light. Not to mention ordinary soldiers, or civilians.
They knew very well what the word paladin meant.
In fact, half of the soldiers are willing to come out, which is already quite popular with Nadette.
"Back off."
The girl let out a soft drink, and the surrounding cavalry immediately turned on their backs.
To deal with paladins, it is useless to rely on numbers alone. They have an ability similar to dragon power, which can suppress weak enemies. There must be strong enough professionals standing in the vanguard to block the spiritual suppression of paladins, otherwise no matter how many There is no way to get close to them.
However, the most powerful thing about paladins is not this kind of suppressing ability, but a very balanced fighting ability. They wear heavy armor, whether they will be affected by the weight of the armor, and their weapons are attached to the power of light. All of them will become powerful magic weapons. They have the specialty of melee ability, as well as long-range attack-type light magic, as well as light shields, and various light-enhancing spells.
As the strongest bug class, paladins have no weaknesses.
In order to deal with paladins, it is necessary to rely on a large number of elites to jointly suppress, or the strength has reached the level of crushing paladins.
The four priests immediately ran to the paladin girl and protected her.
Hundreds of cavalry are more than enough to deal with four heretic arbitrators, but if you add a paladin, the situation is completely reversed. The paladin comes with a halo of bravery and the ability to deter. The cavalry encirclement pierced through without difficulty.
At this time, fighting recklessly is an unwise choice. If Arnold, Heidi, and Cook come back, more than a dozen strong men, plus a few hundred cavalry, it is not difficult to pile up dead paladins, but the problem Yes, they're not in Echo City right now.
The other party also saw this, so they planned this conspiracy, and then even the paladins were used.
"If I want to apply for an atonement roll for Lacus, what price do I have to pay?"
The paladin frowned and said nothing. The Atonement Roll was created by the previous Pope. The right to distribute this thing is in the hands of the Saintess. Even capital crimes can be pardoned. Of course, the price is extremely high.
"Sworn allegiance to the Holy Maiden, change your soul and your mind."
Ronald said in front of the paladin girl.
Nadette was silent for a while, with a little helplessness in his voice: "Can you let me think about it for a few days? This is not a trivial matter."
Although they are all members of the Temple of Light, if they vote for the Saintess, it is a complete denial of their former self. It is difficult for ordinary people to completely deny their former selves, let alone these believers with firm beliefs.
Ronald sneered at the side and said: "Don't think I don't know what you are planning, I just want to wait for Arnold and the others to come back. Indeed, if they come back, plus your thousands or even tens of thousands of troops, even If two or three paladins come over, it will be difficult to pose too much threat to you, but we are not that stupid. Now you only have one hour to think about it."
"Now I'm judging him, not you. Judge Ronald." The paladin girl's eyes were cold and expressionless: "Please keep quiet."
Ronald didn't care, and shrugged slightly.
"You give up the position of the city lord, and Lux will become a commoner from then on. As for the successor of the city lord, it is up to you to choose, except for your blood relatives, anyone can be, even a beggar." The paladin girl looked at Na Date said slowly: "Personally, I don't like the Atonement Scroll very much, but I believe that without the identity of the castellan's daughter, your daughter will never dare to do such terrible things again."
Nadette breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, I will think about it carefully, and please treat Lacus better."
No one accepted Date's words, but he didn't take it seriously either. At least, he bought himself two days.
Back at the City Lord's Mansion, Nadette summoned Ash and said, "Secretly find a very ordinary-looking soldier who is not a professional, and ask him to leave the city secretly, go to Ellen City, and bring Arnold and the others back."
Ash nodded and was about to leave when Nadette suddenly asked, "By the way, where is Judd?"
Ash shook his head, expressing that he didn't know.
Nadette paused for a moment, then waved his hand to let Ash leave.
When Beta and Heidi returned to Echo City, it was in the afternoon. He found that the atmosphere here was a bit strange, so he grabbed Heidi, and instead of letting her enter the city, he dragged her aside.
With some dyes and lodging props from the art space of the mansion, Beta made herself into a bearded man, while Heidi turned into an ordinary peasant woman.
When the two passed the entrance, they found that the entrance of the city was guarded by heavy soldiers, allowing entry and not allowing exit, and the atmosphere looked extremely heavy.
After looking at the two of them casually, they found that they didn't seem to have anything worth helping, so the guards let them enter the city.
After the two entered the city, they did not return directly to the City Lord's Mansion, but found a poor hotel to live in. Then Beta and Heidi separated and went to the street to collect information.
In the evening, the two met at the hotel.
Heidi narrowed his eyes: "I didn't expect so many things to happen after we left. Even the paladins came."
Beta sat on the chair, thought for a while, and said, "Heidi, do you have any familiar and trustworthy friends, let them help us find where Lacus is hidden, find her, Nadette doesn't need So passive."
Heidi thought for a while, then shook his head with a wry smile: "No, the friends I know who have some ability are from our team."
"Then do you have a detailed layout map of Echo City?"
Heidi also shook his head.
"Then we have to keep searching and try our luck."
Heidi also sighed, then she ate something casually and left the hotel.
Beta could see that Heidi was not that interested in finding Lacus.
The same is true for Beta, and now it is spread all over the city, what did Lux do to be approached by the paladins.
For such a vicious woman, if there is a 'problem', Beta will happily express in Xinchen that it is a happy thing to hear and see.