Our family is in decline

In fact, Sera's reaction is understandable. After all, the news about Bastia in the first half of the story leaked from her hands. No matter whether she did it or not, others would easily think that she had betrayed the information about the princess's trip.

You could tell by looking at Amanda's immediate reaction that she was suspicious of her, and she couldn't explain it anyway.

Unless the missing princess is found, or the murderer is found.

Amanda doubted her, but she just said it casually. She originally just wanted to induce her to tell Michelle herself, but she didn't expect there would be an unexpected gain.

After asking for more information about the incident, Amanda shook her head and denied it.

"The time doesn't match up, it's not the princess's motorcade."

"This incident happened around Hamlet. Please remember to pay attention to it for me and notify me immediately if there is any news."

"I will pay attention……"

The conversation between the two actually didn't take much time, and Amanda left here soon.

When he got off the boat and out of sight of those people, his expression suddenly became a little solemn, and he hurried back to see Greendale.

"This is about the situation of those people." Amanda handed over the information in her hand. Just looking at her reaction, she seemed a little uneasy. It was not at all as relaxed as the fight with Sierra just now.

I couldn't even help but start introducing it.

"There are various forces behind those merchant ships. Most of them came to investigate after hearing rumors and intelligence about Hamlet. It is not sure whether they are malicious or not, but they must have a purpose.

The ship with the snake staff emblem belonged to the Healers Association. They came here after hearing that Hamlet could cure leprosy. The purpose was very clear. "

Speaking of this, Amanda didn't have much reaction. After all, even if the above people had their own purposes, they would not directly conflict with Hamlet.

But the ones below are the real heavyweights.

"Leprosy is known as divine punishment. Even the divine magic of the church cannot cure it. If the lord spreads the word that he can cure leprosy, he is naturally challenging the divine authority. So when people come from the church, they are not just ordinary people."

Even Amanda couldn't help but pause to collect her emotions before continuing to speak.

"Only two people came to the church, one was a mendicant monk, and the other was the priest who protected him."

"Tell me, I don't know much about this." Greendale didn't know much about this, after all, she had not had much contact with the church in the mountains.

But looking at Amanda's appearance, she also knew how dangerous these two people were.

"The church has many factions, and this mendicant monk actually belongs to the collective name of this faction, and is also called a beggar monk. Even within the church, it is a very small branch.

The monks of this sect advocate active maintenance of the church, zealous preaching, and are willing to live a life of poverty and asceticism. They also get this name because they make a living by begging for alms. "

"It seems that he is an ascetic with true faith." Greendale heard Lance's evaluation of faith and religion, and she probably made a judgment.

But Amanda was not as calm as she was, so she continued to add.

"That's what makes it troublesome. The mendicant monks are also relatively radical fanatics among the many factions. Their way of protecting the church is to restore the prestige of the church by attacking heretics.

Although we don’t know what kind of strength Hamlet has as a monk this time, as long as he relies on the church, we won’t be able to compete. Once they find out that Hamlet even demolished the church, I’m afraid..."

"This is Hamlet, it's not their turn to dictate, not even the church." Greendale raised her hand and gestured to her, "Where is the candle-burning priest?"

"The Burning Priests are a professional faction in the church that can be compared with the Templars. They..."

While the two were still talking, the two men sent by the church got off the boat.

One person was thin and hunched, wrapped in a white monk's robe, with white bandages on both arms. His face could not be seen clearly under the cover of the hood, but he could also feel it from his body shape and movements. He is not young at all.

Poverty is their representative, and the monk does not see many decorations on his body. There is only a holy book tied to his waist with a chain, and his hands are holding a large golden staff that is taller than him.

The pattern above is one of the variations of the church cross pattern. The circle in the center of the big cross still has unfinished candles on it.

The melted wax is attached to the staff, but no one will question it because candles have a special meaning in the church.

Following the mendicant monk was a burly man, lined with brown monk robes, wearing heavy armor and standing upright like an iron tower, guarding him.

The face that could not be covered by the hood showed horrific scars, almost tearing half of his face open, making it look even more ferocious.

And on his back was a smaller version of a cane that looked like a staff in the hand of a mendicant monk.

The right hand holds a warhammer with punishment marks on both sides, and the left hand holds a large metal shield half a man's height. What's interesting is that there are many candles erected on the eaves of the shield. The melted wax from the candles flows down the shield, making it look like a fusion.

From this point of view, he should be the Reverend Zhuren mentioned by Amanda. From that look, you can tell that he is definitely not the kind of weak pastor who only chants scriptures and prays. Instead, he is very powerful!

After getting off the boat, the monk looked at the slightly busy dock and couldn't help but sigh.

"This looks like a really lively place."

To be honest, this person didn't look as scary as Amanda described, and hearing the voice didn't affect him in any negative emotions due to the rumors, which was in sharp contrast to Amanda's neurotic look.

On the contrary, the priest who was guarding him was always paying attention to the surrounding situation with a scrutinizing gaze. In addition, he was holding a warhammer and a large shield, as if he had fallen into the enemy's nest.

"Let's go to the church first to understand the situation here."

Usually in a place, even in a big city, the church must be in the central area, because most of the buildings are developed around the church.

At the same time, there are few local buildings that are more majestic and taller than the church, so they can be seen at a glance.

It's just that Hamlet has gone through a new round of urban planning and development, and many new buildings have been built, but you can't really see them anywhere.

"Hello, I would like to ask where the church is?"

The monk stretched out his hand to stop an ordinary person passing by and asked. However, when the person saw that the two were dressed in church clothes, he seemed a little weird and had an impulse to reject them.

"I don't know, I still have to work." The man left quickly without saying anything, clearly not wanting to interact with her.

How should I put it, in order to eliminate the influence of the church, Lance also used heavy blows, screening and suppressing overtly and covertly.

Because of the impact of the lord's "heretical" thoughts, and because they had basically suffered losses from the church, they instinctively had a wary, even disgusted mentality towards the people of the church.

As the saying goes, things must be reversed when they reach their extremes.

When these fleets came, so many people poured in at once. Naturally, the security team also had to arrange people here to prevent vicious incidents and disruption of public order.

After the man was stopped just now, he turned around and went to the patrolling peace officer to explain the situation.

So the two people from the church came into the sight of the Sheriff, and they couldn't help but follow them, watching from a distance, as if they were under surveillance.

The two members of the church may have noticed this, but the monk was not angry, and instead approached the man at this time.

"I want to ask you something."

"Please tell me." Sheriffs are all professionally trained, and their emotional control must be better than ordinary people. They are also obliged to explain to their guests.

Yes, they are guests. This is not the territory of the church. Don't expect the sheriffs selected by these lords to have any good impressions of them.

"Where is the church here?" The monk seemed not to feel the scrutinizing gaze, and his tone was calm and friendly.

"Hamlet has no church."

"How could it not be?" Even the monks couldn't help but feel a little emotional at this time.

The church's control over the grassroots is the core. Even larger villages have church churches. How could such a big town not have one?

"Because Hamlet was invaded by bandits before, and everyone in the church ran away. As the bandits looted, the church was naturally destroyed."

It might not be clear if you ask others, but this Sheriff is still a local who started his career with Lance.

Later, he was injured and retired from the army and became a peace officer. He was also conscientious in his position. He was considered the second and third person among the peace officers. Today, he is responsible for the security inspection of the dock.

"They must want to go outside and seek help from the church in the city..." The monk wanted to say something else, but the Sheriff's cold words interrupted the monk's defense.

"I don't know this. I only know that because the people from the church escaped, the ordinary people in the town were massacred by bandits. As for the people in the town, almost all of them died and no one from the church came."

Maybe there were people who had this kind of fantasy back then, but what Hamlet was waiting for was not the church, but the lord.

He had experienced the initial despair, and there was no room for doubt in the face of the facts.

"Remember! Never!"

This voice was full of anger, but the monk and the priest were unable to refute it, and they were even a little embarrassed.

They come to be scolded for the sins committed by others.

"We will investigate this matter thoroughly." The monk couldn't help but become serious. Their faction appeared to correct the declining church, so he appeared here.

But he didn't expect that Hamlet would accidentally discover this situation before he even investigated.

The church members here actually did such a thing to ruin the reputation of their church.

"We don't have a problem with you, but please follow the rules here and we don't want any misunderstandings."

Don't forget to give instructions or warnings.

"Thank you, little brother." The monk raised his head slightly, revealing a terrifying face that looked like it was burned.

The Sheriff couldn't help but be a little stunned when he saw this scene. It was hard to imagine how it turned out like this.

There was no conflict between the two parties, and they separated after a "friendly" exchange. As he just said, he would not deliberately target people from the church.

"There will be devout believers here." The monk made a praying gesture with his staff in both hands, and then walked out.

As a church member, he would not simply believe the words of the sheriff. He believed that there would be believers here to help him.

The reason why the church is so powerful is that there are countless believers at the grassroots level.

But this method does not work well in Hamlet.

The monk walked around the pier and tried to contact a few people, but they all said they didn't know, and they didn't want anything to do with them at all.

This situation still put them into some kind of embarrassment.

Is the empire their base?

Isn't this right...

The monk was still calm, but the priest said solemnly: "It seems that everyone here has been corrupted, and we must take a heavy blow!"

"This place is indeed different, but I don't feel the power of corruption in them. It may just be that they have lost the illumination of the Holy Light. We have the responsibility to let them return to the embrace of the Holy Light."

The long period of ascetic practice gave the mendicant monks enough patience to contact the people at the bottom. They existed to save the reputation of the church among the people.

The mendicant monk believed that he could bring light to this place where the holy light could not reach...

On the other side, the people from the Medical Doctors Association also disembarked. They made no secret of their purpose of "cracking down on counterfeiting."

The arrogant attitude shown by those who call themselves doctors makes Greendale very unhappy. It seems that if they can't do it, others can't do it either.

So press them and put them aside.

But in fact, the matter of lepers is not a secret in the town, and you only need to inquire briefly.

Even those who revealed the information were the ones arranged by her.

It's obviously a fishing trip, telling those guys that Hamlet does exist without giving them easy access.

Want to pry into Hamlet's secrets without any benefit?

This is Hamlet's top secret, so you need to pay more.

“Using the Emergency Management of Epidemics Ordinance, they were immediately warned not to go privately to the camps in the countryside to harass lepers.

Also, there is no need for us to explain to them. It is their problem that they cannot do it, and they are not qualified to interfere with the treatment of leprosy. "

Greendale was dealing with the people from the Medical Association, and the Sheriff who had just made contact with the mendicant monk came to report.

After listening completely, Greendale thought for a moment before giving the order.

“We have nothing to be ashamed of, they can visit if they want, but we have to be careful about them interfering with the normal operation of Hamlet.

Don't do it yourself, arrange for a few plainclothes officers to pay attention to their movements, especially who they have come into contact with, and try not to cause conflicts, at least we can't make the first move. "

"yes!"

When the Sheriff withdrew, Greendale was still a little uneasy.

Does Amanda's divination result refer to these guys?

Lance has just left for a day and so many things have happened. I don’t know what the battle situation is like on the front line...