Click! Click!
The cold iron chain rubbed against the bluestone floor, making a crisp sound.
With his hands in special shackles, Evan walked slowly into the prison cell of the referee.
"What a young brat!"
"Jie Jie!"
"I bet he won't survive a day here!"
"Give him to me! Give him to me!"
…
A black hand full of filth protruded from the iron railing, and many prisoners screamed together.
Even though he was mentally prepared for this situation, Evan couldn't help but tremble when he saw it.
"Hey boy, what did you do?"
asked one of the prisoners winking.
"I made no mistake, I am a paladin of my god!"
Evan retorted loudly.
"Paladin... hehe..."
A black-robed priest who was escorting him suddenly sneered: "Do you think the status of a paladin is very rare? Tell you, the number of paladins tried by the Tribunal is no less than a dozen, and there are many more priests! Those imprisoned here Guy, maybe just like you."
"What?"
What Evan heard and saw before was the bright side of the church. Now that he suddenly came into contact with the darkness inside the referee, he suddenly felt a certain shock in his heart: "My God..."
"The gods are great, how can I have the leisure to watch what happens in the world..."
A priest next to him smiled indifferently: "Actually, some paladins and priests, even before they were sent to the stake, their divine grace has not dissipated. They are still priests and paladins of our Lord, but So what, wasn't he still secretly executed?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt his wrist tighten.
It turned out that Evan had already grasped his wrist at this time, and his eyes seemed to be filled with flames: "Aren't you afraid of God's punishment for distorting the doctrine and persecuting other benefactors?"
"God's punishment?"
The black-clothed priest smiled: "Since the last days, when the previous Holy See avoided the Kingdom of God as a whole, we believers who are still in the mortal world have been abandoned!"
"It turns out that you have this idea in your heart!"
Evan seems to have understood something: "Although the Holy See has left, the True God has not abandoned us. Doesn't the appearance of paladins and priests prove this?"
"Jie Jie, you are really a paladin with firm beliefs. I hope that after you go to the stake, you can still be as stubborn as you are now!"
The priest in black looked at him with pity: "How dare you hurt Mr. Duhuade..."
"Haha! Boy, you have guts!"
A burst of hearty laughter suddenly came from the prison next to him: "It's a pity why you don't need to work hard, just kill him directly..."
"I swear, I'll do it next time."
Evan gritted his teeth.
"Do you still want to have a next time?"
The priest in black smiled coldly, pushed Evan into a cell, and closed the door heavily.
boom!
The iron door was closed tightly, the surrounding light was dim, and there was a stench and moisture, which was very unbearable.
In this environment, if you were an ordinary person, you might get sick in a few nights, and no one could last half a year.
Even though he was already a paladin and his body had been transformed by divine power, Evan felt weak and uncomfortable at this time.
After all, how could the Inquisition, which tried paladins and priests, be unprepared for these people
Evan's cell was specially made, and a formation to suppress supernatural power was secretly activated underneath. With his poor paladin level, he was no better than an ordinary person at this time.
"Judgment? The stake?"
At this time, no matter how prepared Evan was, he couldn't help feeling a little flustered in his heart.
"God of salvation, please forgive my fear!"
He couldn't help but knelt down and began to pray: "Even if I die at the stake, my soul will go to the kingdom of our Lord and gain eternal life..."
"Hey! Boy, it's rare to see a paladin like you!"
At this moment, the hearty voice continued to come from the nearby prison: "It's rare to see a rookie like you, just promoted?"
"Who are you?"
Evan came to the iron gate and tried hard to visit through the window on the door, but unfortunately found nothing.
"I... used to be a paladin!"
The voice sighed: "I have joined the church since I was successfully promoted, and I had a pretty good time. Unfortunately, the current Pope Jay is too ambitious. I am just a little bit dissatisfied with his way of revising the teachings. After complaining a few words, I was locked up... "
"It turned out to be like this..."
In Evan's heart, since the referees are all bad guys, the one locked up here should be a good guy, right? Not to mention that the other party is still a paladin! Although it used to be...
"Wait... used to be?"
Evan asked in disbelief.
"That's right..."
The other party's voice was bitter: "Ever since I was imprisoned here, I have questioned the God of Salvation, and you have seen the end..."
For priests and paladins, the wavering of faith is definitely a major event that damages the foundation.
Especially if one is deprived of the divine favor of priests and paladins, it basically means that the other party has given up their faith.
"It's ironic, isn't it?"
The voice continued: "When they were arrested, the paladins and priests were innocent, but after their faith was shaken and their clergy were deprived, the tribunal charged them with crimes, and it became justifiable!"
"That's why this place is also known as the 'Grave of Faith', I sincerely hope you can persevere..."
…
"The grave of faith?"
Evan understood right away.
Human beings are fickle, especially in despair. No believers can become devout believers, and devout believers are also likely to give up their faith in despair.
Once these priests and paladins really did this, the Inquisition would not have any concerns about judging them.
"In this case, uncle, you..."
"I have persisted until now, but the control of the mind is really too difficult, especially in this environment..."
The other party replied with a wry smile: "Maybe, I will go to the stake with you tonight!"
"The stake..."
When it comes to this, Evan doesn't have any confidence.
Originally, he was confident that Paladin Robin would definitely come to rescue him, and what he did was not a big mistake.
But since entering this prison, he knew that he was still thinking too naively.
For those in power, is the size of the crimes they have committed important
Looking at so many paladins and priests, don't they still fabricate crimes and execute them at will
A deep despair immediately enveloped Evan's heart.
Now he finally gradually understands why this prison is called the 'Grave of Faith'.
"time for dinner!"
As the outside light became darker and darker, a broken gong-like sound also sounded outside the prison.
The iron door was opened a small opening, and a few pieces of roasted kudzu root and a glass of water were sent in.
"Enjoy the Last Supper, boy!"
The jailer's voice was joking, and his footsteps gradually moved away.
And Evan looked at the muddy water with many suspicious objects floating in it, and the foul-smelling, black, and half-scorched kudzu root, without any appetite.
"Damn it!"
A feeling of irritability attacked his heart, and he couldn't help but hold the kudzu root and slam it against the door.
Snapped!
The roasted kudzu root was torn apart, revealing a small note.
"Um?"
When Evan picked it up, he found a small line written on it: "Pure faith, I will come to save you!"
"It must be the Robin paladin!"
At this moment, Evan shed tears with gratitude, and was even more ashamed of how shaken he had been.
The time for arraignment came very early.
Almost immediately after the dinner time, Evan was proposed by two solemn-looking priests in black and brought to a temple.
"Chief Judge Gandolf, Captain Robin, and... the Pope?"
After seeing these people, Evan's heart sank suddenly.
In any case, it was a bit too overkill to use this kind of battle against him.
"See His Excellency the Pope!"
He salutes Jay.
"Your name is Evan. You recently became a paladin of our lord, but you wounded many innocent mortals that day and abused the divine power bestowed by our lord?"
Jay asked in a calm voice, "Is that so?"
"no!"
Evan stood up abruptly and straightened his back: "Master Pope, please listen to my explanation! All this was caused by Duhuad, he hurt my family..."
"Even so, you shouldn't violate the commandments of the paladins and attack ordinary believers!"
Pope Jay frowned: "According to the precepts, how should he be punished?"
"You should expose your body in front of the god statue, and be beaten a hundred times with the rattan cane to repent!"
Gandalf answered in a stiff voice.
"Huh?"
Evan raised his head in surprise, a little unable to believe that the other party would let him pass so easily.
"But Evan Paladin is not only involved in this matter!"
Gandolf continued: "He is suspected of participating in a religious heretical organization and is preparing to overthrow the current rule of the Holy See!"
"I don't… "
See you in the picture! Evan immediately refuted loudly, knowing that he must never admit to this crime, otherwise he would really be tied to the stake and burned to death.
"Then how do you explain that?"
Gandolf raised his hand, and a small note emerged, which was the one that was hidden in the kudzu root for dinner just now: "In front of the gods, all lies will have nowhere to hide!"
"This is given to me by Paladin Robin..."
Evan spoke weakly, but found a puzzled expression on Robin's paladin's face, and his heart sank suddenly, knowing that he had fallen into a trap.
"I see… "
Gandolph smiled triumphantly: "Lord Robin Paladin, should you give me an explanation to the Pope?"
'Is it all a trap, and the real target is not me, but Robin? ! '
Evan understood everything immediately, but it was too late.