Hearing this, the leader of the cleaners stopped inspecting the corpse.
He stood up, turned around, looked at the paladin who suddenly appeared, and frowned.
"What happened? Did the Bishop ask you to come?" he asked.
"Yes, the bishop asked me to come to you. The bishop asked you to rush back to the church as soon as possible." The paladin who suddenly appeared replied while taking off his helmet.
Under the helmet, there was a woman with short black hair.
Under normal circumstances, Benjamin might have been surprised that there was a woman among the Paladins, but at this moment, he was already too busy to think about it.
Although he didn't know what had happened, the appearance of the paladin and the news she brought was definitely a great thing for Benjamin - the attention of the Cleaners was diverted.
Benjamin had more room for action and more time to think about how to deal with the current situation.
It was literally pulled back from the cliff.
Taking this opportunity, he stabilized his mentality and calmed down slowly.
Although he didn't know the name of this female knight, at this moment, he sincerely thanked her. If the team of cleaners forgot to check the scarred man's body because of her appearance, then Benjamin would definitely treat her as a bodhisattva and offer her three sticks of incense every day.
"Christine, what happened?" one of the purges asked.
The female knight held her helmet, walked over, and said in an extremely serious tone: "The people from the Silent Academy showed up again, and they actually joined forces with the witch to attack the church!"
"What!" Everyone had shocked expressions on their faces.
Damn it
Even Benjamin on the side couldn't close his jaw when he heard it. The mage and the church are at war? This is too sudden, and... Moreover, the people of Silent Academy and Michelle, even if they are arrogant, they have always been arrogant in the dark. Attacking a church, how is that possible
At least from what Benjamin knew about Michelle, she would never do such a thing.
It's not because of Michelle, then... is it because of the Silent Academy? After so many years of recuperation, have they already cultivated a sufficient number of mages to have the strength to challenge the church head-on
No way, look at their "Introduction to Magic", and look at the two silly wizards Benjamin met that time, how can the Silent Academy be so powerful
Benjamin still felt unbelievable.
What are these people doing
An attack on St. Peter's Basilica? crazy? You must abide by the Basic Law when doing things!
This news was so shocking to Benjamin, and to this team of purgers, it was like a bolt from the blue, leaving them all looking at each other at a loss.
The leader of the purges quickly calmed down after a brief moment of panic.
"Don't be anxious, everyone. I will use the Eye of God to contact the bishop first to confirm the current situation." As he spoke, he put his hand into the armor as if to take something out.
When Benjamin saw this, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
Eye of God
What is that? Is it a long-distance communication tool developed by the church
However, if the church already has such a thing and such a big thing happened, why doesn't the bishop directly use the "Eye of God" to communicate with the Cleaner team, but instead sends a paladin to inform? Isn't this looking far away from the nearest
And, weird... the whole thing is weird from beginning to end.
Judging from the appearance of these purgers, they all seemed to recognize the female knight and did not doubt the authenticity of the news. However, as a mage, based on his understanding of other mages, Benjamin still felt that this was impossible.
Are you kidding me? The mages are attacking the church. Will the story be over in a few chapters
Thinking like this, he looked at the female knight who brought the news. However, what he didn't expect was that the female knight was also looking at him, with a strange expression, as if she was signaling to him, and a pair of golden eyes as sharp as an owl.
There is a familiar feeling.
Golden... eyes
It was like a bolt of lightning struck Benjamin, and an extremely crazy idea flashed through his mind!
After taking another look at the female knight, Benjamin changed his mind. No, this idea is not crazy at all, on the contrary, it is the only correct and reasonable explanation for the current situation.
This female knight is Michelle.
Michelle...she came to save herself
After seeing the shock on Benjamin's face again, the female knight—it should be Michelle, suddenly raised a sneer on her lips. She shook her sleeves, took out two daggers, and walked behind the two cleaners.
All the cleaners were still focusing on taking out the Eye of God, and no one noticed her. She is like an assassin walking in the sun—no assassin walks in the sun, so no one thinks there is an assassin in the sun.
Like a concerned partner, she put her hands on the shoulders of the two cleaners, and then, very suddenly, moved towards their throats.
Blood splattered and the two Cleaners fell.
"Christine, what are you doing!" Only the leader of the cleaners saw this scene and stopped using the Eye of God. Everyone else turned their backs to Michelle, and turned around in horror when they heard the roar and the sound of the body falling to the ground.
Obviously, they didn't understand what happened, but at least they saw the death of their two companions. After long training, they still pulled out their swords and pointed them at Michelle, and the sword began to condense holy light.
However, a whispered curse forced them to turn around again.
They looked towards the scarred man's body again.
I saw Benjamin holding an ice needle in his hand. His hand was resting on the neck of the leader of the Cleaners, and the leader of the Cleaners was now covered with ice chips all over his body. His movement to draw the sword stopped midway, unable to move anymore, like a corpse in a refrigerator.
Just now, everyone's attention was attracted by Michelle. So, Benjamin seized the opportunity, summoned the ice needle, and killed the leader of the Cleaners in a sneak attack.
While killing the Cleaner Captain, Benjamin also snatched the Eye of God from his other hand—a silver bead exuding the aura of divine magic.
He looked at Michelle, and then, without hesitation, he crushed the Eye of God.
"No!" Several purgers roared in unison, not knowing whether it was for the dead captain or for their severed connection with the church.
In this way, Benjamin and Michelle, working together, killed three Cleaners at lightning speed, including their captain.
However, this surprise attack did not end here.
Michelle took advantage of this opportunity, and the cleaners' attention was diverted by Benjamin. She threw away the dagger in her hand, rushed behind another Cleaner, drew out her blessed sword, and struck hard at the Cleaner.
The Cleaners were completely defenseless and could only dodge subconsciously. But because of this, the long sword did not cut his exposed head in half, but struck the armor.
The long sword collided with the armor, and for a moment, the holy light burst out!
An extremely harsh sound of metal breaking.
The long sword in Michelle's hand broke into two halves, and the blade was bounced far away, but the Cleaner's armor also had a small hole.
Only then did the Cleaner react, let out an astonishing roar, turned around and swung his sword to cut Michelle in half!
However, Michelle dodged and ran directly into the arms of the cleaner. Then, she used the broken long sword in her hand to stab into the gap that she had made in the armor!
A scream.
Michelle let go of the hand holding the hilt of the sword and quickly retreated, keeping distance from the other Cleaners who wanted to rush over. As for the purgeer who was attacked by Michelle, he covered the hole in his armor and looked at Michelle, his face still mixed with shock and confusion.
Then, he fell to the ground.
The sound of armor hitting the ground announced the results of the surprise attack by Michelle and Benjamin.
It all happened incredibly quickly. From Michelle sneaking up on the first two Cleaners with a dagger, to Benjamin killing the Cleaner captain with an ice needle, destroying the Eye of God, and finally to Michelle forcibly killing another Cleaner with a long sword. . The whole process takes less than twenty seconds.
The surrounding purges didn't even have time to rescue the partner who was forcibly stabbed to death by Michelle.
Under a series of lies, sneak attacks, betrayals, and deaths, perhaps the amount of information in these ten seconds was a bit too much for them to digest.
We can’t blame them. Benjamin and Michelle worked together for the first time, but they had a tacit understanding like they had been comrades for decades. The two used sneak attacks to divert the attention of the cleaners, create opportunities for another sneak attack, and beat the gang into confusion and confusion.
However, these ten seconds were enough for them to recover from the chaos.
After all, they are the purgers, the elite of the church, and the wizard's nightmare. Long-term training allowed them to make a consistent choice even after losing their leader.
They ignored Michelle and attacked Benjamin in unison.