Tome of Blood

The days of waiting were long and torturous.

Amid anxiety, tension, and anticipation, time passed day by day, and the high priest finally ushered in the day when the church evaluation team from the New Moon Parish came.

After these days of preparation, he has almost taken care of the ups and downs. Even the various visions of Boulder, under the tacit cooperation between him and the old Duke, he took what he needed and suppressed them one by one.

Speaking of it, it is also thanks to the God of the Night, who is obviously hostile to the Gorefiend Cult, for solving the troubles of the Gorefiend Cult, and allowing him to cleverly take credit for himself.

He really did a lot of preparation.

For the sake of safety, he even temporarily put aside the little beauty of the Castel family.

Next, as long as the great priest himself can pass the inquiry test of the church, he can completely get rid of this crisis.

What happened in Boulder can't be hidden from the legendary investigation, but if you want to hide it from a blazing sun priest... if you have the secret help of the gods, the great priest is still sure.

Of course, he also prepared for the worst.

He had closed the cathedral's holy emblem protection ahead of time, and he had also brought a high-level magic scroll of directional teleportation with him. Once he found something wrong, he would decisively flee.

That is the worst case, if possible, the High Priest hopes never to appear.

But if it does happen, then he will only have to completely surrender to the mysterious God of the Night.

These days, he often prays to the God of the Dark Night. Apart from hoping to obtain the protection of the other party during the assessment, he also prepares for the worst-case scenario.

The melodious bells rang from the bell tower of the church, and along with the flying dust, a mighty procession appeared outside the city of Boulder.

It was an evaluation team composed of trial knights and church priests.

The entire team of more than a hundred people drove into Boulder City mightily, and the great priest Linus led the priests of Boulder to greet him at the gate of the city in person.

The head of the evaluation team was named Gast, a senior princess who was born as a commoner, and was deeply favored by the gods. His strength was only one step away from legend.

He is also one of the three duke-level theocratic lords of the New Moon Kingdom, who rules the Landis religious authority located in the middle of the New Moon Kingdom, and is also known as the Lantis priest.

The great priest saw Landis the officiant surrounded by priests at a glance.

As a senior clergyman of the Holy King's Court, he has been able to know a lot of high-level mobilization information of the church in advance. He knows that Priest Landis has long been valued by the Cardinals, and will soon be recalled to the clerical state to accept the test of divine grace.

Once he passes the test, he can be officially promoted to the chief priest with legendary power, and he will step down as the priest of Lord Lantis and join the priesthood of cardinals.

The priest Linus will compete for the position of officiant in the future, in fact, Lord Landis will hold it!

Thinking of this, the great priest took a deep breath, put on a friendly and decent smile, and came to Lantis the priest, and said enthusiastically:

"Praise be holy! Your Excellency Gast, welcome to Boulder!"

The officiant of Landis is a tall old man with gray hair and a rigid face.

He didn't respond to the high priest's overtures. He just gave him a cold look, and then led the members of the evaluation team towards the cathedral.

The big priest's smile suddenly froze on his face.

Although Lantis is the officiant and the vassal who rules the theocracy, but in terms of rank, he is actually at the same level as the great priest Linus.

Both of them belonged to the duke rank, at most the other party was half a rank higher than him because of the status of the officiant, which was a bit similar to the court title and fief title in the nobility.

Priests of the same level have a cold attitude when they meet, and they don't even say hello, even if they are the chief examiner who acts impartially, this situation is not normal.

The high priest faintly felt that Landis' officiant's attitude didn't seem right, but he couldn't figure out where he had offended him.

But no matter what, as the chief judge of his competition to be the officiant, he must take good care of the relationship.

Stiffly maintaining a smile, the great priest turned and followed the team of the evaluation team.

He came to the side of Priest Lantis and enthusiastically introduced the customs and the situation of the church in Boulder.

But Landis' officiant remained expressionless and unmoved, embarrassing the great priest.

If it weren't for the other two deputy chief judges of the evaluation team chatting with him one sentence after another, the great priest really felt that he might not be able to stand this serious, embarrassing, and indifferent atmosphere soon.

unusual!

Absolutely not normal!

Even if the church does not allow the chief examiner to have too much in-depth communication with the priest being assessed, the attitude of the priest of Landis is too abnormal!

The great priest only felt more and more irritable.

This attitude appeared before the evaluation team started to investigate the situation in Boulder. Could it be... what did the diocese find?

The great priest's heart sank slightly.

But after thinking about it carefully, he felt that he had already filled all the holes, as if there were no holes left.

Even if there was, it would be a dereliction of duty in the recovery of the evil god.

But he also has the credit for "uprooting the Gorefiend Cult" and the credit for the theocraticization of the future Castel.

This is his advantage.

Not to mention, he still has the dark protection of the God of the Night.

The great priest suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, continued to smile, chatted with the members of the evaluation team, and returned to the cathedral in Boulder like this.

Priest Landis, who was the chief judge, entered the church first, and naturally stood on the high platform of the hall.

The trial knights who followed the evaluation team also lined up on both sides, with solemn expressions.

The great priest was also a little nervous.

He knew that, according to the usual practice, the evaluation team would then read out the church's evaluation documents and related procedures.

As if to verify his judgment, soon after Bishop Landis stood up, a priest respectfully handed him the parchment.

However, the moment the great priest saw the parchment, he was suddenly taken aback.

The cover of the parchment...was not the golden color that the church used to issue ordinary official documents, but an ominous black.

The black official documents are only used in the holy royal court when they are suspended for investigation, punishment or arrest.

The sound of "creaking" came from behind, and the high priest noticed that the trial knights had directly closed the cathedral's door and locked it from the inside.

As for the other two deputy examiners who also have the third-level strength of Chi Yang, they have already stood behind him, one on the left and one on the right, and seem to be ready to make a move at any time.

not good!

The great priest's expression changed slightly.

At the same time, the officiant of Landis on the high platform also opened the black parchment scroll, and read solemnly:

"According to the real-name report, Linus, the chief priest of the Bold branch of the Holy King's Court, colluded with the Blood Demon Sect and killed civilians. The evidence is convincing..."

After finishing speaking, he put down the parchment and looked at the high priest coldly:

"Your Excellency Linus, you have been arrested."

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