An unprecedented "battle" ended. The civilians broke through the cathedral's defenses. The priest who used to be aloof was dragged out of the church to bear the anger of the people. The accumulated anger of the civilians was vented, and justice seemed to be done. Everything seems to have settled down.
But for the leaders and framers of it all, there is much more to follow.
After the battle in Luan Cathedral ended, the White Knights took action immediately. They first gathered various teams of volunteer mercenaries and adventurers to ensure the order of all armed teams, and then began to organize people to store them in various warehouses in the church area. After the people received the food and their hearts were initially stabilized, a group of Luan citizens, mercenary representatives, and business representatives went to the outer city to welcome those who had been waiting outside the city. Cecil Fighting Corps.
After the Cecil Combat Corps entered the city, the situation could be said to have initially stabilized.
Amber and Wright left the underground of the cathedral. They showed the remains of Franc Bereng's robes to the public, and told the public that the evil bishop had been completely annihilated by the holy light of the White Knight—although many people regretted not seeing it with their own eyes. Seeing the death of Frank Berenger, this result is enough to make the people cheer, after all... Considering the actual situation of the extraordinary power in this world, it is expected that Frank Berenger will die among the stones and sticks of the people It is very unrealistic. From the perspective of safety and security, the surprise assassination of Bishop Luan by an elite team of white knights is part of the plan.
After finishing these, Amber and Wright did not stay in the square, but soon came to an inconspicuous residential house on the edge of the church area.
This is an ordinary house from the outside, but the soldiers guarding the door and two white knights are enough to explain its special features. Amber pushed the door and went in, and as expected, she saw the tall and familiar figure in the main room.
"You really sneaked in," the half-elf lady walked over carelessly, patting Gawain's arm, "I'm just saying, you definitely don't want to hide behind such an important matter... "
Gao Wen, who was dressed in military uniform, sensed Amber's breath long before Amber entered the room. He turned around and looked at Amber dumbfounded: "What do you mean sneaking in... Can you stop using your technical terms when describing me?" ?”
Amber crossed her arms and said plausibly: "I entered the city with the team, but I haven't shown up until now. It's not stealing or something."
The corner of Gawain's mouth trembled, and he looked helplessly at the head of the Military Intelligence Bureau who had just made great achievements—obviously, according to the previous mission report and the actual situation in Luan City, this half-elf has been working conscientiously for so many days in the past , and controlled everything shrewdly and skillfully, he thought he would be able to see a mature and reliable Amber in this way, but he didn't expect that this guy would still be the same after meeting...
How should I put it, it feels like she was a ruthless and cunning agent leader when she walked outside half a minute ago, and then she "ga" suddenly turned into a goose as soon as she entered the door just now, and even swayed to her side, squirming Stretch your head over and start bb...
Annoyed, underwhelmed, and unconscious.
"Hey, why didn't you talk?" Amber saw that Gao Wen didn't say a word for a while, and then she started to bb again, "No way, maybe you really take it to heart... Doesn't it mean that you sneaked into the city..."
Gao Wen hurriedly shook his head, and threw out the image of "a goose babbling non-stop in front of him" out of his mind, and he glanced at Amber: "This is a very dangerous and variable action— It is too easy for civilians to attack the Cathedral of the Extraordinary, even if there are white knights and a large number of volunteer mercenaries as the vanguard, it is too easy to lose control, especially the suspicious aspect of that Frank Berenger you mentioned earlier... I have to come in person Stand up to prevent accidents."
Hearing Gao Wen's words, Amber was a little dazed, her pointed ears trembled slightly, and a strange smile appeared on her face: "It's really..."
"What is it?"
"It's nothing," Amber shook her head. "That Frank Berenger did have a strange situation. Frankly speaking, it was a bit dangerous at the time, but luckily it was just a false alarm—big man, where is that crystal?"
Wright had been standing quietly by the side without saying a word since just now, and when he heard Amber calling him, he didn't care about the nickname the other party gave him. Instead, he took a step forward and took out the piece that was still emitting a faint light Shiny, pale golden crystals as if cast by light: "Lord, this is it."
Gawain took the crystal with some surprise: "This... what is it?"
Hu Po spread her hands: "Believe it or not, this is the remains of Frank Bereng... The rest of his body was burned by the holy light, and this is all that remains."
Gao Wen was taken aback—how did the Holy Light Bishop from another world return the relics after the burning? Could it be that Fran? Braun is still an eminent monk...
But he didn't say what was in his heart, but looked at Amber with a strange expression: "What exactly happened?"
Amber cleared her throat, and began to describe her and Wright's experience vividly: "That's how it happened, we found it underground..."
Gawain frowned slightly, and listened carefully to every detail that Amber described. After removing the shameful bragging part of this shameful elf, he slowly restored the idea of killing Frank in his mind... Braun's entire operation went through.
Then he couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional about the death of the interim bishop of Luan.
It seems that François Bereng had indeed prepared an ambush in the prayer room. He obtained strange power from nowhere, and arranged a killer move in the room, but he obviously didn't guess that the White Knight The process of action—the white knights directly skipped the link of "stepping into the secret room to release the mechanism and encounter the enemy" and chose to blow up the entire secret room before entering. Therefore, François Bereng, who was in ambush, was bombed before he could take any action. half dead...
Then the half-dead guy pretended to be trying to revive again and tried to ambush again, but he made another miscalculation—Amber believed in magic, Wright could break the spiritual seal by himself, and the other white knights had also accepted Protestant teachings. The scary macho with high resistance of the God of Holy Light, François Bereng's last ripple changed his loneliness, and then he was completely beaten to death.
To be honest, it’s quite embarrassing to die. It’s better to be stoned to death by the common people in the cathedral. At least you can get a newspaper, and maybe even a textbook if you put your poses on…
Thinking about it this way made me feel even more aggrieved.
After Amber finished speaking and Wright added some details, Gao Wen looked at the crystal in his hand and fell into deep thought.
This crystal is indeed "dead", but it still exudes a slight heat and light. In the dim light, countless changing phantoms can be vaguely seen, as if the empty soul of Frank Berenger is still Echoing in the crystal, vainly refusing to admit his own death, and when Gawain pointed this translucent crystal to the sun, he would see through the crystal that the surface of the huge sun was covered with a faint ripple-
This phenomenon of observing the sun wheel through the crystal proves that this crystal has strong magical coherence. It is a crystallization born in a strong magical environment, and it also contains stable magical power.
Can human flesh and blood really produce such crystals
Or... did François Bereng try to use some kind of crystal-like holy vessel to enhance his power, but the ritual failed and caused backlash, which turned him into a monster mixed with flesh and crystal
Or... In fact, at that time, François Bereng was just standing behind the gate holding a magic weapon made of crystal, ready to make a surprise attack when the intruder opened the door. As a result, the White Knight was unreasonable when the door was opened. Throwing a bunch of explosives in there, blowing him and the crystal apart...
Gao Wen couldn't help shivering. He felt that his third assumption was too demonic and ghostly. Although it might seem interesting to diverge his thinking in this direction, in such a world of swords and magic, it's best to follow the local assumption. It is better to think in terms of painting style.
Seeing the changing expression on Gawain's face, Wright couldn't help but stepped forward and asked, "Do you have any ideas?"
"I didn't think of it for a while..." Gao Wen said, but just halfway through his words, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind, as if he had caught a clue that he almost ignored, "Wait... I seem to remember..."
Amber and Wright immediately fell silent, and after thinking for a moment, Gawain finally managed to grasp the flashing message: "Do you remember that both Kamel and Nicholas Egg described the early days of the Gondor Empire?" Abominations' - the original 'Apocalypse' failures have a characteristic that crystals grow out of human flesh and blood... ”
"Abominable?" Amber's eyes widened. "You mean...François Berenger tried to transform himself into a divine abomination?"
Gawain thought carefully: "Not necessarily... I suspect that this is just a by-product of some kind of failed attempt. According to the information provided by Kamel, all the descendants of Gondor humans actually have the genetic factor of divine evil. In other words, As long as the external stimuli are suitable, perhaps every human being can be transformed into a "sinister"... It's just that the Gondor Empire's abominable technology finally succeeded. They stabilized and harmless this genetic factor, and planted it safely. It has entered the human body, so there has never been an out-of-control divine evil phenomenon among ordinary people for thousands of years, but who can guarantee that it will never mutate?"
Both Amber and Wright looked thoughtful, while Gawain sighed softly: "It's a pity... no clues are left, we may never figure out what happened to François Bereng... a middle-level How could the priest suddenly gain such power?"
There was a hint of apology on Wright's face: "Lord, our actions were too reckless..."
"No, your actions are fine. That is indeed the best solution. The damage to the clues is unavoidable. After all, it is a battlefield." Gawain waved his hand. Fortunately, you found this crystal, I can take it back and let Kamel identify it, maybe I can find some clues."
After temporarily putting this matter aside, Gao Wen breathed out, and he looked at Amber and Wright in front of him with a smile on his face.
"All in all, everything went well and you guys did a great job."
Wright immediately straightened his body and said solemnly: "The holy light guides me."
Amber waved her hand: "This matter is not over yet, Lu'an City may still be chaotic in the future, and those rookies will help."
Gao Wen nodded lightly. He knew that everything was exactly as Amber said—the incident in Luan City may have come to an end, but the follow-up pacification and reconstruction work has just begun.
The angry people used a storm-like action to destroy the oppression of the clergy group. However, without timely and effective follow-up guidance and order construction, this action could easily turn into out-of-control violence and long-term turmoil. Now, thanks to the efforts of the White Knights, Cecil soldiers, and civilian representatives, the first phase of order and stability work has been carried out smoothly. This action did not turn into out-of-control violence on the spot, but will the city fall into long-term turmoil afterwards? It depends on the work of the officers of the Military Intelligence Bureau and the propaganda department.
In order to rebuild the main urban functions of Luan City in the shortest possible time, a new governance team that can be recognized by the local people must be established, and the city must be incorporated into the Cecil system as soon as possible. Publicize the matter to the whole territory, try to discover the positive influence of this operation as much as possible, and be alert to the sabotage and counterattack of the diehards of the old church...
There's a lot to do, but luckily the hardest part has been overcome.
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